The evolution of precipitable water associated with the Asian and Australian monsoons as revealed from MODIS/SSMI, ECMWF and NCEP reanalysis data sets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Li, Hui ^a   Chen, Baode ^b,c  

^a Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA STRUCTURES; FORECASTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AUSTRALIAN MONSOON SESSION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP); SEASONAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER (TPW);

WATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; MONSOON; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 22444450269     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022570     Document Type: Article

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