NVAP and reanalysis-2 global precipitable water products: Intercomparison and variability studies

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-256

  Amenu, Geremew G ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MOISTURE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; MOIST ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITABLE WATER;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 15044341557     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-86-2-245     Document Type: Article

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