The choice of variable for atmospheric moisture analysis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 155-171

  Dee, Dick P ^a,b   Da Silva, Arlindo M ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 0041803106     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0155:TCOVFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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