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contributor authorBerg, Wesley
contributor authorAvery, Susan K.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:05:06Z
date available2017-06-09T14:05:06Z
date copyright1994/12/01
date issued1994
identifier issn0894-8763
identifier otherams-12113.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4147417
description abstractEstimates of monthly rainfall have been computed over the tropical Pacific using passive microwave satellite observations from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) for the period from July 1987 through December 1991. The monthly estimates were calibrated using measurements from a network of Pacific atoll rain gauges and compared to other satellite-based rainfall estimation techniques. Based on these monthly estimates, an analysis of the variability of large-scale features over intraseasonal to interannual timescales has been performed. While the major precipitation features as well as the seasonal variability of the rainfall distributions show good agreement with expected values, the presence of a moderately intense El Niño during 1986?87 and an intense La Niña during 1988?89 highlights this time period.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleRainfall Variability over the Tropical Pacific from July 1987 through December 1991 as Inferred via Monthly Estimates from SSM/I
typeJournal Paper
journal volume33
journal issue12
journal titleJournal of Applied Meteorology
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0450(1994)033<1468:RVOTTP>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1468
journal lastpage1485
treeJournal of Applied Meteorology:;1994:;volume( 033 ):;issue: 012
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