A satellite study of the relationship between sea surface temperature and column water vapor over tropical and subtropical oceans

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4204-4218

  Kanemaru, Kaya ^a   Masunaga, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Satellite observations; Sea surface temperature; Tropics; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; QUICK SCATTEROMETER (QUIKSCAT); SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SCANNING RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SOUNDING APPARATUS; WATER VAPOR;

TROPICS;

AIRS; AMSR-E; AMSU; BOUNDARY LAYER; QUIKSCAT; RADAR; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRMM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84880319578     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00307.1     Document Type: Article

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