Comparison of upper tropospheric humidity retrievals from TOVS and Meteosat

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D6, 2001, Pages 5227-5238

  Escoffier, Christelle ^a   Bates, John J ^b   Chédin, Alain ^c,f   Rossow, William B ^d   Schmetz, Johannes ^e,g  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^e Europ Organisation Exploitation M   (Germany)

^f ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^g EUMETSAT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY; METEOSAT; TOVS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0034959671     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900553     Document Type: Review

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