Water vapor microwave continuum absorption: A comparison of measurements and models

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 919-928

  Rosenkranz, Philip W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVES; WATER ABSORPTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

COMPARISON OF MEASUREMENTS; COMPARISON WITH MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY DATUM; MICROWAVE EMISSIONS; MICROWAVE WINDOW; MILLIMETER-WAVE PROPAGATION MODEL; WATER CONTINUUMS; WATER VAPOR CONTINUUMS;

WATER VAPOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

MILLIMETER WAVE PROPAGATION MODEL (MPM); WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0032114649     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS01182     Document Type: Article

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