Evaluation of near-surface air temperature and specific humidity from hybrid global products and their impact on latent heat flux in the North Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1034-1047

  Rahaman, H ^a   Ravichandran, M ^a  

^a INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

GLOBAL PRODUCTS; INTENSE RAINFALLS; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; NORTH INDIAN OCEANS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; SYSTEMATIC DEVIATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUOYANCY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMIDITY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84878944069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20085     Document Type: Article

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