Global observations of upper-tropospheric water vapor derived from TOVS radiance data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-326

  Stephens, Graeme L ^a   Jackson, Darren L ^a   Wittmeyer, Ian ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

; SEASONAL HUMIDITY CHANGE; HIRS; SATELLITE DATA RETRIEVAL; TOVS; UTCWV;

EID: 0029768603     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0305:GOOUTW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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