Arctic tropospheric winds derived from TOVS satellite retrievals

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2270-2285

  Francis, Jennifer A ^a   Hunter, Elias ^a   Zou, Cheng Zhi ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO); POLAR VORTEX; RAWINSONDES; WIND FIELDS; ZONAL WINDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TOVS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND FIELD;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 26844558932     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3407.1     Document Type: Article

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