A multiplatform-merged (MPM) SST analysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1662-1679

  Wang, Wanqiu ^a   Xie, Pingping ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; TROPICS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER (AMSR); GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES (GOES); MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SSTS); TROPICAL MICROWAVE IMAGER (TMI); TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

DATA SET; GOES; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MONSOON; NOAA SATELLITE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34249694966     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4097.1     Document Type: Article

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