The behavior of the Snow White chilled-mirror hygrometer in extremely dry conditions

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1560-1567

  Vömel, Holger ^a   Fujiwara, M ^b   Shiotani, M ^b   Hasebe, F ^c   Oltmans, S J ^d   Barnes, J E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HYGROMETERS; SENSORS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

INSTRUMENTATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0344182682     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)020<1560:TBOTSW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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