An integrated assessment of measured and modeled integrated water vapor in Switzerland for the period 2001-03

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1033-1044

  Guerova, Guergana ^a,b   Brockmann, E ^c   Schubiger, F ^d   Morland, J ^a   Matzler C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Federal Office of Topography   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIURNAL CYCLE; INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; STANDARD DEVIATION;

METEOROLOGY;

GPS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; WATER VAPOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PAYERNE; SWITZERLAND; VAUD; WORLD;

EID: 24644433135     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2255.1     Document Type: Article

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