Preliminary estimation of horizontal fluxes of cloud liquid water in relation to subtropical moisture budget studies employing ISCCP, SSMI, and GEOS-1/DAS data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D14, 2000, Pages 18067-18089

  Shay El, Yuval ^a   Alpert, Pinhas ^a   Da Silva, Arlindo ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD WATER; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 0033792510     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901200     Document Type: Article

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