Retrieval of water vapor using SSM/I and its relation with the onset of monsoon

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3079-3083

  Singh, R P ^a,b   Dey, S ^a   Sahoo, A K ^b   Kafatos, M ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (climatology; tropical meteorology); Oceanography; general (ocean prediction)

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MONSOON; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 6044243489     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3079-2004     Document Type: Article

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