TROPOSPHERIC RIVERS - A PILOT-STUDY

被引：281

作者：

NEWELL, RE ^{[1
]}

NEWELL, NE ^{[1
]}

ZHU, Y ^{[1
]}

SCOTT, C ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NASA,GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR,GREENBELT,MD 20771

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 1992年 / 19卷 / 24期

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D O I：

10.1029/92GL02916

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Computations of daily global tropospheric water vapor flux values show the presence of a filamentary structure. The filaments, here called rivers, have lengths many times their widths and persist for many days while being translated through the atmosphere. They are present in data analysed for both 1984 and 1991. The water vapor flux maxima coincide quite closely to reflectivity features (averaged from wavelengths of 380 and 360 nm) as revealed by the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS). It is suggested that the filamentary structure may also be present in other trace constituents.

引用

页码：2401 / 2404

页数：4

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