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Spacebased observations of the seasonal changes of south Asian monsoons and oceanic responses
Author(s) -
Liu W. Timothy,
Xie Xiaosu
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1999gl900289
Subject(s) - monsoon , climatology , forcing (mathematics) , geology , wind stress , sea surface temperature , oceanography , environmental science , atmospheric sciences
The seasonal changes of monsoons in the South China Sea and the Arabian Sea are compared, using observations by spaceborne microwave scatterometers and radiometers. The oceanic responses to the forcing of wind stress and latent heat flux resulting from the monsoon changes are identified through surface temperature tendency and sea level changes.