Comparison of Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II version 6.2 water vapor with balloon-borne and space-based instruments

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Taha, Ghassan ^a,b   Thomason, Larry W ^b   Burton, Sharon P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; SAGE II; Stratosphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BALLOON OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 10244221072     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004859     Document Type: Article

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