Physical-statistical retrieval of water vapor profiles using SSM/T-2 sounder data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1397-1400

  Rieder, Markus J ^a   Kirchengast, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COST FUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SENSORS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSIS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVES; STATISTICAL RETRIEVAL; STATISTICAL VALIDATION;

WATER VAPOR; GEOPHYSICS;

ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

BAYESIAN OPTIMAL ESTIMATION; MICROWAVE SOUNDERS;

HUMIDITY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033562308     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900244     Document Type: Article

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