How well can satellite data characterize the water cycle of the Madden-Julian Oscillation?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Waliser, Duane E ^a   Tian, Baijun ^a,b   Xie, Xiaosu ^a   Liu, W Timothy ^a   Schwartz, Michael J ^a   Fetzer, Eric J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE IMPACTS; ICE PROFILES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODEL REPRESENTATION; MODEL-BASED; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SURFACE EVAPORATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER CYCLE; WATER VAPOR PROFILE;

BUDGET CONTROL; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; WATER VAPOR;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; SATELLITE DATA; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 72049096083     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040005     Document Type: Article

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