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    <title>Assessment of an El Nino event using satellite data</title>
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    <namePart>Kang, Sung-chul</namePart>
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    <namePart>Schumann, Robert L. G.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Murai, Shunji</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Kiyoshi, Honda</namePart>
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  <name type="corporate">
    <namePart>Royal Thai Government</namePart>
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    <publisher>Asian Institute of Technology</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1998</dateIssued>
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  <abstract>The El Nifio event was investigated using NOAA A VHRR Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature (MCSST) data, ERS AMI wind scatterometer data and  TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter data in the Pacific Ocean from 1991 to 1997. Derived  parameters (sea surface temperature, wind vector and Sea surface height) were analyzed  in order to investigate the relation between the ocean and the atmosphere.  Measurements from all instruments are observed and show marked variations  between El Nifio and Non El Nifio conditions. Fmiher investigations of temporal  variations between their main parameters suggest that earliest detection of an El Nifio is  provided by scatterometer.  The sea surface temperature, wind, sea surface height differs from El Nifio and Non El Nifio season. SST anomaly shows that during the El Nifio season, the  temperature(approximately +5°C) is higher than the normal season. Observed wind  pattern shows a difference between the peak of an El Nifio year and normal year. The  weakening of trade wind is apparent from the zonal wind analysis. Sea surface height  from TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data shows that the sea surface height(almost 20cm) is  higher than normal season in Eastern pacific ocean during the El Nifio season.</abstract>
  <note>A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of  Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development</note>
  <note>Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1998</note>
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    <topic>Meteorology</topic>
    <topic>Remote sensing</topic>
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