A global water vapor data set obtained by merging the SSMI and MODIS data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Gao, Bo Cai ^a   Chan, Pui K ^b,c   Li, Rong Rong ^c,d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

1610 Global change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325); 1640 Global change: Remote sensing; 1655 Global change: Water cycles (1836); 1694 Global change: Instruments and techniques; 3360 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADIOMETERS; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE WATERS;

IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; WATER VAPOR;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 10644249917     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020656     Document Type: Article

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