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The 1982-1983 el nino atlas: nimbus-7 microwave radiometer data
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Liu, W. Timothy |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | Monthly maps of sea surface temperature, atmospheric water vapor, and surface level wind speed as measured by the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) on the Nimbus-7 satellite for the tropical Pacific from June 1982 to October 1983, during one of the most intense El Nino Southern Oscillations (ENSO) episodes, are presented. The non-ENSO annual cycle was compiled by averaging the 1980 and 1981 data for each calendar month and was removed from monthly fields of 1982 and 1983 to reveal the anomalous distributions. The anomaly fields and part of the non-ENSO annual cycle are also presented. This study and earlier evaluations demonstrate that the Nimbus/SMMR can be used to monitor large scale and low frequency variabilities in the tropical ocean. The SMMR data support and extend conventional measurements. The variabilities of the three parameters are found to represent various aspects of ENSO related through ocean atmosphere interaction. Their simultaneous and quantitative descriptions pave the way for the derivation of ocean atmosphere latent heat exchange and further the understanding of the coupled atmospheric and oceanic thermodynamics. |
| File Size | 5110231 |
| Page Count | 77 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870012953 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1kh5gh1d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-02-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Oceanography Tropical Meteorology Microwave Radiometers Thermodynamics Annual Variations Southern Oscillation Nimbus 7 Satellite Air Water Interactions Wind Velocity Atmospheric Moisture El Nino Sea Surface Temperature Water Vapor Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |