An analysis of satellite, radiosonde, and lidar observations of upper tropospheric water vapor from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Soden, Brian J ^a   Turner, David D ^b   Lesht, Barry M ^c   Miloshevich, Larry M ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation; Remote sensing; Upper tropospheric water vapor

Indexed keywords

LIDAR; RADIOSONDE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2642570136     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003828     Document Type: Article

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