A note on the relationship between temperature and water vapor over oceans, including sea surface temperature effects

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-148

  Shie, C L ^a,b   Tao, W K ^b   Simpson, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Moisture temperature relationship; Oceans; Quasi equilibrium states; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144449047     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-006-0014-5     Document Type: Article

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