A New Global Water Vapor Dataset

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1233-1246

  Randel, David L ^a   Vonder Haar, Thomas H ^b   Ringerud, Mark A ^c   Stephens, Graeme L ^b   Greenwald, Thomas J ^a   Combs, Cynthia L ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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

^c SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SYSTEM; GLOBAL DATASET; LIQUID WATER PATH; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030431239     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<1233:ANGWVD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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