PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER THE TROPICAL INDIAN-OCEAN DERIVED FROM NIMBUS7 SATELLITE DATA - A CASE-STUDY

Authors
KUMAR MRR MURALIDHARAN PM SATHE PV
Citation
Mrr. Kumar et al., PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER THE TROPICAL INDIAN-OCEAN DERIVED FROM NIMBUS7 SATELLITE DATA - A CASE-STUDY, Boundary - layer meteorology, 66(3), 1993, pp. 325-330
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Boundary - layer meteorology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068314
Volume
66
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
325 - 330
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8314(1993)66:3<325:PWOTTI>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The data from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) se nsor on board the NIMBUS 7 satellite in the 18 and 21 Ghz channels are used to derive the Precipitable Water (PW) over the tropical Indian O cean for the period May-September, 1979. The PW values are derived by using both the horizontal and vertical polarization channels. These PW values along with the satellite-derived sea surface temeprature (SST) and the lower tropospheric wind (UW) data reveal the features of the summer monsoon circulation of the tropical Indian Ocean in 1979. Furth er, the derived PW values from Nimbus 7 SMMR data agree well with feat ures of PW presented by Cadet (1983) inferred from the TIROS - N sound ings and FGGE data.