Upper tropospheric water vapor and cirrus: Comparison of DC-8 observations, preliminary UARS microwave limb sounder measurements and meteorological analyses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D1, 1996, Pages 1931-1941

  Newell, Reginald E ^a   Zhu, Yong ^a   Browell, Edward V ^b   Ismail, Syed ^b   Read, William G ^c   Waters, Joe W ^c   Kelly, Kenneth K ^d   Liu, Shaw C ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATION; CIRRUS; CLOUDS; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR; HYGROMETER; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; PEM-WEST A; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS; WATER VAPOUR;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL WESTERN); PACIFIC, (WEST);

EID: 0029777696     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD01373     Document Type: Article

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