Upper tropospheric humidity and thin cirrus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2645-2648

  Sandor, Brad J ^a   Jensen, Eric J ^b   Stone, Elizabeth M ^b   Read, William G ^c   Waters, Joe W ^c   Mergenthaler, John L ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DROUGHT; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CIRRUS; CIRRUS CLOUD MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NEAR TROPOPAUSE WATER BUDGET; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 0034352597     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011194     Document Type: Article

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