Seasonal correlations of SST, water vapor, and convective activity in tropical oceans: A new hyperspectral data set for climate model testing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Aumann, Hartmut H ^a   Gregorich, David T ^a   Broberg, Steven E ^a   Elliott, Denis A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE MODEL TESTING; SEASONAL CORRELATIONS; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34948880742     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029191     Document Type: Article

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