Campus Units
Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Agronomy
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
11-20-1995
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume
100
Issue
D11
First Page
22971
Last Page
22980
DOI
10.1029/95JD02597
Abstract
We use retrievals of atmospheric precipitable water from satellite microwave observations and analyses of near-surface temperature to examine the relationship between these two fields on daily and longer timescales. The retrieval technique producing the data used here is most effective over the open ocean, so the analysis focuses on the southern hemisphere's extratropics, which have an extensive ocean surface. For both the total and the eddy precipitable water fields, there is a close correspondence between local variations in the precipitable water and near-surface temperature. The correspondence appears particularly strong for synoptic and planetary scale transient eddies. More specifically, the results support a typical modeling assumption that transient eddy moisture fields are proportional to transient eddy temperature fields under the assumption of constant relative humidity.
Copyright Owner
American Meteorological Society
Copyright Date
1995
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Gutowski, William J. Jr.; Lindemulder, Elizabeth A.; and Jovaag, Kari, "Temperature-dependent daily variability of precipitable water in special sensor microwave/imager observations" (1995). Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Publications. 234.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ge_at_pubs/234
Comments
This article is published as Gutowski, William J., Elizabeth A. Lindemulder, and Kari Jovaag. "Temperature‐dependent daily variability of precipitable water in special sensor microwave/imager observations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 100, no. D11 (1995): 22971-22980. doi: 10.1029/95JD02597. Posted with permission.