Consistency of estimated global water cycle variations over the satellite era

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 6135-6154

  Robertson, F R ^a   Bosilovich, M G ^b   Roberts, J B ^a   Reichle, R H ^b   Adler, R ^c   Ricciardulli, L ^d   Berg, W ^e   Huffman, G J ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^e Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DECADAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; GLOBAL WATER CYCLE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84905919616     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00384.1     Document Type: Article

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