Diurnal cycle of liquid water path over the subtropical and tropical oceans

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 7-1-7-4

  Wood, R ^a   Bretherton, C S ^a   Hartmann, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; WATER; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RAIN;

LIQUID WATER PATHS (LWP); DIURNAL CYCLE; LIQUID WATER PATHS; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SATELLITE MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; SOLAR ABSORPTION; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 85081151766     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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