Annual amphidromes observed in the atmosphere with remote sensing data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Caiyun ^a,b   Chen, Ge ^b   Qiu, Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; TIDES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA PROCESSING; EL NINO; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; DATA SET; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

ANALYSIS TOOLS; ANNUAL AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL RAINFALL; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL SCALE; NARROW BANDS; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE PROPAGATION; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SMALL REGION;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 56249127560     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009864     Document Type: Article

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