Four-dimensional structure of monthly latent heating derived from SSM/I satellite measurements From: Journal of Climate | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: Yang, Song; Smith, Eric A | Copyright American Meteorological Society Apr 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Time-space distributions of mean monthly latent heating estimated from Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) passive microwave satellite measurements using the Florida State University precipitation profile retrieval algorithm over ocean regions are investigated for the 1992 annual cycle. The space domain is considered in both horizontal and vertical coordinates, with vertical retrieval made possible by the profiling design of the rain algorithm and the underlying relations...

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