The observed variation in cloud-induced longwave radiation in response to sea surface temperature over the Pacific warm pool from MTSAT-1R imagery

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Cho, Heeje ^a   Ho, Chang Hoi ^a,b   Choi, Yong Sang ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AREAL COVERAGE; ATMOSPHERIC COOLING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MOVING AVERAGES; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; PACIFIC WARM POOL; REGRESSION SLOPE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SST ANOMALIES; SURFACE WARMING;

LAKES;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; COOLING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MTSAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARM POOL; WARMING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84867025295     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052700     Document Type: Article

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