Monitoring the TOPEX microwave radiometer with GPS: stability of columnar water vapor measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3563-3566

  Haines, Bruce J ^a   Bar Sever, Yoaz E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIOMETERS; SEA LEVEL; VAPORS; WATER;

COLUMNAR WATER VAPORS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CALIBRATION; ERROR CORRECTION; GPS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0032194168     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02757     Document Type: Article

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