Spacebased observations of oceanic influence on the annual variation of South American water balance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Liu, W Timothy ^a   Xie, Xiaosu ^a   Tang, Wenqing ^a   Zlotnicki, Victor ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; MASS CHANGE RATE; MOISTURE ADVECTION; OCEAN MOISTURE INFLUX; TROPICAL RAIN MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE FLUX; RAINFALL; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER BUDGET;

AMAZON BASIN; LA PLATA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745465371     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025683     Document Type: Article

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