What constitutes a valid intercomparison of satellite and in situ stratospheric H2O measurements?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D1, 1996, Pages 1517-1528

  Schwab, James J ^a   Pan, Rong Juinn ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYGROMETER; ISENTROPIC TRAJECTORY; SAGE; SATELLITE MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 19844369220     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD02999     Document Type: Article

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