Studies of upper tropospheric humidity using airborne in-situ sensors

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 939-944

  Keramitsoglou, I ^a   Harries, J E ^a   Foot, J S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Meteorological Research Flight   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; HUMIDITY; MIXING RATIO; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033379076     PISSN: 14641909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1909(99)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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