Retrieval of water vapor profiles using SSM/T-2 and SSM/I data

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 939-955

  Blankenship, Clay B ^a   Al Khalaf, Abdulrahman ^a,b   Wilheit, Thomas T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES; VAPORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATASETS; TOTAL INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR;

METEOROLOGY;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SSM-I; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0034176103     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0939:ROWVPU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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