Analysis of upper-tropospheric water vapor brightness temperatures from SSM/T2, HIRS, and GMS-5 VISSR

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 580-595

  Berg, Wesley ^a   Bates, John J ^b   Jackson, Darren L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SATELLITE SENSOR; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0032880771     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0580:AOUTWV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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