Interannual variation of oceanic precipitation

Author

Kafatos, Menas ; Chiu, Long S. ; Yang, Ruixin ; Xing, Yukun ; Vongssard, Jearanai ; Yang, Kwang-Su

Author_Institution

Center for Earth Observing & Space Res., George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1143

Abstract

Twelve and a half years (July 1987-December 1999) of monthly rainfall data derived from SSM/I are used to study interannual variation of oceanic precipitation. Empirical orthogonal function analyses show that the dominant mode of interannual variation is the El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) pattern, exhibiting a correlation of 0.73 with a Southern Oscillation Index (SOI). Wavelet analyses of the SOI show high power concentration in the 3.5-5 year band starting from the late sixties, but the power peak was disrupted during the period July 1991-June 1995. SSM/I can provide the long-term history as a baseline for the more accurate TRMM and future GPM missions

Keywords

El Nino Southern Oscillation; rain; remote sensing; ENSO; El-Nino Southern Oscillation; SOI; SSM/I data; Southern Oscillation Index; dominant mode; empirical orthogonal function analyses; interannual variation; monthly rainfall data; oceanic precipitation; wavelet analyses; Data analysis; Earth; Electromagnetic heating; Extraterrestrial measurements; Ocean temperature; Rain; Satellites; Sea measurements; Uniform resource locators; Wavelet analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976772

Filename

976772