Mesoscale variations of water vapor inferred from the millimeter-wave imaging radiometer during TOGA COARE

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-188

  Deeter, Merritt N ^a   Evans, K Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; HUMIDITY; MESOSCALE VARIATIONS; RADIOMETER; RADIOMETERS; TOGA COARE; TOGA-COARE; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR;

PACIFIC, (WEST);

EID: 0030920028     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0183:MVOWVI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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