Intraseasonal oscillation of total precipitable water over North Indian Ocean and its application in the diagnostic study of coastal rainfall

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Sajith, V ^a   Santosh, K R ^a   Mohan, H S Ram ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; SENSORS; WATER ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND;

INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER (TPW); CLOUDY CONDITIONS; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MOISTURE VARIATION; NORTH INDIAN OCEANS; OCEANIC PARAMETERS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER; TRMM MICROWAVE IMAGER;

RAIN; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

MICROWAVE IMAGERY; OSCILLATION; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 1242322460     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017635     Document Type: Article

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