Satellite assessment of divergent water vapor transport from NCEP, ERA40, and JRA25 reanalyses over the Asian summer monsoon region

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 615-632

  Park, Seong Chan ^a   Sohn, Byung Ju ^a   Wang, Bin ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SSM-I; SUMMER; WATER BUDGET; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 38049003660     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85.615     Document Type: Article

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