Estimating upper-tropospheric water vapor from SSM/T-2 satellite measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 488-504

  Sohn, Byung Ju ^a   Chung, Eui Seok ^a   Schmetz, Johannes ^b   Smith, Eric A ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Europ Organisation Meteorol S   (Germany)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVES; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; WATER;

WATER VAPORS;

METEOROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0141761204     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0488:EUTWVF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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