Wednesday, 14 January 2004
Satellite Observations of Ocean Moisture Advection and its Effect on South American Low Level Jet and Hydrological Balances
Hall 4AB
The remote oceanic influences on South American Low
Level Jet (SALLJ) and moisture budget over South
America are assessed using high resolution
spacebased observations of ocean surface winds, sea
surface temperature, and integrated water transport.
The hydrologic balance in the Amazon and
SALLJ has been related to variation of sea surface
temperature and convergence zones over the oceans.
Moisture transport may be one of the physical link and
we have developed technique of estimating integrated
moisture transport using spacebased observations.
Its relationship to spacebased observation of
precipitation and ground-based measurements of wind
profile and rain in South America is also evaluated.
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