Tropical upper-tropospheric dry regions from TOVS and rawinsondes

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 464-481

  Blackwell, Keith G ^a   Mcguirk, James P ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DRY ZONE; TOVS; TROPOSPHERIC DRY REGION; WATER VAPOUR RADIANCE;

EID: 0030467883     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0464:TUTDRF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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