Observations of downwelling infrared spectral radiance at Mauna Loa, Hawaii during the 1997-1998 ENSO event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1727-1730

  Shaw, Joseph A ^a,b   Bates, John J ^a,c   Zorn, Heather M ^a,b   Churnside, James H ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA/ERL Climate Diagnostics Center ^*  (United States)

^c Environmental Technology Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SATELLITES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; WATER VAPORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DOWNWELLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RADIANCE; SPECTRA; WATER VAPOR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033563587     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900362     Document Type: Article

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