Seasonal variations of upper tropospheric water vapor and high clouds observed from satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D6, 1999, Pages 6193-6197

  Chen, Minghang ^a,c   Rood, Richard B ^a   Read, William G ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; HUMIDITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033608689     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200124     Document Type: Article

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