Direct comparison of Meteosat water vapor channel data and general circulation model results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-150

  Roca, Rémy ^a,c   Picon, Laurence ^a,c   Desbois, Michel ^a,c   Treut, Hervé Le ^a,c   Morcrette, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; WATER;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE; TROPICAL CONVECTION; WATER VAPOR; WATER VAPOR EQUIVALENT BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

CONVECTION; GCM; METEOSAT; METHOD COMPARISON; MOISTURE; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030703562     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03923     Document Type: Article

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