Satellite-derived latent heating distribution and environmental influences in Hurricane Opal (1995)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1229-1247

  Rodgers, Edward B ^a   Olson, William S ^b   Karyampudi, V Mohan ^c   Pierce, Harold F ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Caelum Research Corporation   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYEWALL; HURRICANE; HURRICANE OPAL; LATENT HEAT; SATELLITE SENSING; SSM/I;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031667951     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1229:SDLHDA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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