Spacebased observations of the seasonal changes of South Asian monsoons and oceanic responses

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1473-1476

  Liu, W Timothy ^a   Xie, Xiaosu ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; WIND STRESS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SEA LEVEL;

SPACEBORNE MICROWAVE SCATTEROMETERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; MONSOON; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; WIND FORCING;

ARABIAN SEA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ASIAN MONSOON; MICROWAVE SCATTEROMETERS; OCEANIC RESPONSE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL CHANGES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

EID: 0033562310     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900289     Document Type: Article

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