A revised water vapor product for the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II version 6.2 data set

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Thomason, Larry W ^a   Burton, Sharon P ^b   Iyer, Nina ^b   Zawodny, Joseph M ^a   Anderson, John ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

SAGE II; Stratosphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; SOFTWARE; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2642585739     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004465     Document Type: Article

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