A new 147-56 hPa water vapor product from the UARS Microwave Limb Sounder

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Read, W G ^a   Wu, D L ^a   Waters, J W ^a   Pumphrey, H C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Humidity measurement; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2642522945     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004366     Document Type: Article

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