Tropical oceanic precipitation changes after the 1991 Pinatubo eruption

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1707-1713

  Spencer, Roy W ^a   LaFontaine, Frank J ^b   DeFelice, Thomas ^c   Wentz, Frank J ^d  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOUNT PINATUBO; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; SSM/I; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0031697785     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1707:TOPCAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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