Observed interannual variability of tropical troposphere relative humidity

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3181-3191

  McCarthy, Mark P ^a   Toumi, Ralf ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

BOREAL WINTERS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4444282704     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3181:OIVOTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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