Observation of non-developing and developing tropical disturbances over the South China Sea using SSM/I satellite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Lei ^a   Lau, Kai Hon ^a   Zhang, Qing Hong ^b   Fung, Chi Hung ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATENT HEAT; WATER VAPOR;

CYCLOGENESIS; LATENT HEAT RELEASES; LIFE-TIMES; LIQUID WATERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUTH CHINA SEAS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL DISTURBANCES;

TROPICS;

CYCLOGENESIS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SSM-I; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER VAPOR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 58049132370     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033446     Document Type: Article

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