Remotely sensed specific humidity: Development of a derived product from the GOES imager channel 3

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-62

  Moody, Jennie L ^a   Wimmers, Anthony J ^a   Davenport, J Clay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; GOES; HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING;

TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 0032925709     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900222     Document Type: Article

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