Satellite Observations of the Seasonal Evolution of Total Precipitable Water Vapour over the Mediterranean Sea

Figure 1

Mean divergence/convergence (red/blue colors) and horizontal wind field (vectors) for the 10-year period 1998–2007. Daily pulsation between night and day ((a, c) and (b, d)) is more evident during summertime than during autumn/winter time ((a, b) and (c, d)). Scale colors of the divergences are represented (1/s). The scale for the vector wind field is 10 m/s.

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