Have mid-latitude ocean rain-lenses been seen by the SMOS satellite?

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 43-44, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-111

  McCulloch, M E ^a,b   Spurgeon, P ^a   Chuprin, A ^a  

^a Le Grand Large Quai de la Douane   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fresh lenses; Rainfall; SMOS satellite; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS BANDS; ATMOSPHERIC FRONTS; AUSTRALIA; COUPLED MODELS; FRESH SURFACES; FRESH WATER; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; MIDLATITUDES; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; RAINFALL RATES; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITIES; SURFACE COOLING; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND MIXING;

CLIMATE MODELS; HEAT FLUX; RAIN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; COOLING; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MIXED LAYER; RAINFALL; SMOS; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL MIXING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84856039916     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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