Impact of non-LTE processes on middle atmospheric water vapor retrievals from simulated measurements of 6.8 μm Earth limb emission

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2-1-2-4

  Mertens, Christopher J ^a   Mlynczak, Martin G ^a   Lopez Puertas, Manuel ^b   Remsberg, Ellis E ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ERRORS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; VAPORS; WATER;

MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE;

GEOPHYSICS;

ALGORITHM; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0036558576     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gl014590     Document Type: Article

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