Interannual variability of upper-troposphere water vapor band brightness temperature

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 427-438

  Bates, John J ^a,d   Wu, X ^b   Jackson, D L ^c  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIRS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR BAND;

EID: 0029730169     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0427:IVOUTW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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