Derived over-ocean water vapor transports from satellite-retrieved E - P datasets

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1352-1365

  Sohn, Byung Ju ^a   Smith, Eric A ^b   Robertson, Franklin R ^c   Park, Seong Chan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; EVAPORATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; VAPORS; WATER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TRANSPORT DISTRIBUTION FIELDS; VAPOR TRANSPORT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 1842789956     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1352:DOWVTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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