Ground-based microwave observations of middle atmospheric water vapor in the 1990s

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 123, Issue , 2000, Pages 257-270

  Nedoluha, Gerald E ^a   Bevilacqua, Richard M ^a   Gomez, R Michael ^a   Hicks, Brian C ^a   Connor, Brian J ^c   Russell, James M ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0348011988     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM123p0257     Document Type: Chapter

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