Spatial distributions of upper tropospheric water vapor measurements from the UARS Microwave Limb Sounder

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D10, 2000, Pages 12149-12161

  Stone, Elizabeth M ^a,c   Pan, Liwen ^b   Sandor, Brad J ^b,d   Read, William G ^a   Waters, Joe W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 16644381168     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900125     Document Type: Article

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