A new satellite deep convective ice index for tropical climate monitoring: Possible implications for existing oceanic precipitation data sets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 251-254

  Robertson, F R ^a   Spencer, R W ^a   Fitzjarrald, D E ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; NICKEL; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DEEP MOIST CONVECTIVE CLOUD SYSTEM; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE MONITORING; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

EID: 0035862097     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011892     Document Type: Article

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