The "clear-sky bias" of TOVS upper-trophospheric humidity

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 4034-4041

  Lanzante, J R ^a   Gahrs, G E ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAR SKY; HUMIDITY; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED DETECTORS; RADIOSONDES; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OPERATIONAL VERTICAL SOUNDER; TELEVISION INFRARED OBSERVATION SATELLITE; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 0034351724     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<4034:TCSBOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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