Four-dimensional structure of monthly latent heating derived from SSM/I satellite measurements

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1016-1037

  Yang, Song ^a   Smith, Eric A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LATENT HEATING; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER (SSM/I);

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SSM-I;

EID: 0033117276     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1016:FDSOML>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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