A 17-yr climate record of environmental parameters derived from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) microwave imager

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 6882-6902

  Wentz, Frank J ^a  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate records; Climate variability; Microwave observations; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SATELLITES; SURFACE WATERS; WIND;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE RECORD; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

RAIN GAGES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RECORD; SATELLITE DATA; TRMM;

EID: 84945954382     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0155.1     Document Type: Article

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