Upper-Tropospheric Winds Derived from Geostationary Satellite Water Vapor Observations

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-195

  Velden, Christopher S ^a   Hayden, Christopher M ^b   Nieman, Steven J ^a   Menzel, W Paul ^c   Wanzong, Steven ^a   Goerss, James S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; GOES-8; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0031458050     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0173:UTWDFG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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