Interannual co-variability of tropical temperature and humidity: A comparison of model, reanalysis data and satellite observation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Huang, Xianglei ^a   Soden, Brian J ^b   Jackson, Darren L ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETRY; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; RADIANCE MEASUREMENTS; TROPICAL HUMIDITY; TROPICAL TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL-MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

METEOROLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMIDITY; MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 27544512236     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023375     Document Type: Article

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