Comparison of water vapor measurements with data retrieved from ECMWF analyses during the POLINAT experiment

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1329-1335

  Ovarlez, Joëlle ^a,c   Van Velthoven, Peter ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HYGROMETERS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOSONDES; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FROST POINT HYGROMETER; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR CONTENT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ECMWF; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0031251775     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1329:COWVMW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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