Passive remote sensing of the atmospheric water vapour content above land surfaces

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 25-28

  Bartsch, B ^a   Bakan, S ^b   Fischer, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOUR; BACKSCATTER; MATRIX OPERATOR METHOD; METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0029731619     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(95)00285-5     Document Type: Article

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