Ground-based microwave radiometry and long-term observations of atmospheric water vapor

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 707-717

  Elgered, Gunnar ^a   Jarlemark, Per O J ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; INTEGRATED PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPORS; LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MODEL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL STANDARDS; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

WATER VAPOR; RADIOMETRY;

INTEGRATED PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; ROOT MEAN SQUARE;

EID: 0032069273     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS00488     Document Type: Article

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