Lognormal distribution of precipitable water in Hawaii

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Foster, James ^a   Bevis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342322301     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000478     Document Type: Article

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