An intercomparison of radiation codes for retrieving upper-tropospheric humidity in the 6.3-μm band: A report from the first GVaP workshop

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 797-808

  Soden, Brian ^a,o   Tjemkes, S ^b   Schmetz, J ^b   Saunders, R ^c   Bates, J ^a   Ellingson, B ^d   Engelen, R ^e   Garand, L ^f   Jackson, D ^a   Jedlovec, G ^g   Kleespies, T ^h   Randel, D ^e   Rayer, P ⁱ   Salathe, E ^j   Schwarzkopf, D ^a   Scott, N ^k   Sohn, B ^l   De Souza Machado, S ^m   Strow, L ^m   Tobin, D ⁿ   Turner, D ^f   Van Delst, P ⁿ   Wehr, T ^m   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f AES   (Canada)

^g NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

ⁱ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^l Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^o PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

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EID: 0001458461     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0797:AIORCF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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