The ARM program's water vapor intensive observation periods

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-236

  Revercomb, H E ^a   Turner, D D ^a,b   Tobin, D C ^a   Knuteson, R O ^a   Feltz, W F ^a   Barnard, J ^b   Bosenberg J ^c   Clough, S ^d   Cook, D ^e   Ferrare, R ^f   Goldsmith, J ^g   Gutman, S ^h   Halthore, R ⁱ   Lesht, B ^e   Liljegren, J ^e   Linne H ^c   Michalsky, J ^j   Morris, V ^b   Porch, W ^k   Richardson, S ^l   Schmid, B ^m   Splitt, M ⁿ   Van Hove, T ^o   Westwater, E ^p   Whiteman, D ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^j STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^k LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^m NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^o University Cooperation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^p Coop Inst for Res Environ Sci ^*  (United States)

^q NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; MOISTURE; OPTICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WATER VAPORS;

VAPORS;

EID: 0037294602     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-2-217     Document Type: Review

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