Calculating Latent Heat Fluxes Over the Labrador Sea Using SSM/I Data

Abstract

The long-term goal is to develop a methodology for remotely measuring the spatial and temporal variability of the atmospheric surface latent and sensible heat fluxes over the Labrador Sea using passive microwave imagery (SSM/I).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA630404

Entities

People

  • Bernard Walter

Organizations

  • Northwest Research Associates

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Algorithms
  • Coefficients
  • Geographic Regions
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Labrador Sea
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Newfoundland (Province)
  • Oceans
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Regression Analysis
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.