A new METEOSAT "water vapor" archive for climate studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Picon, L ^a   Roca, R ^a   Serrar, S ^a   Monge, J L ^a   Desbois, M ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; METEOSAT; Satellite archive; Satellite climatology; Upper tropospheric humidity; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 1642545206     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002640     Document Type: Article

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