Baroclinic wave variations observed in MLS upper tropospheric water vapor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2967-2970

  Stone, Elizabeth M ^a   Randel, William J ^a   Stanford, John L ^b   Read, William G ^c   Waters, Joe W ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; VAPORS; WATER; WAVES; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR;

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPORS;

EID: 0030263231     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02576     Document Type: Article

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