An assessment of satellite and radiosonde climatologies of upper-tropospheric water vapor

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1235-1250

  Soden, Brian J ^a   Lanzante, John R ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE OBSERVATION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030437394     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1235:AAOSAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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