Middle Atmospheric Water Vapour Radiometer (MIAWARA): Validation and first results of the LAPBIAT Upper Tropospheric Lower Stratospheric Water Vapour Validation Project (LAUTLOS-WAWAP) campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 13, 2005, Pages

  Deuber, Beat ^a,b   Haefele, Alexander ^a   Feist, Dietrich G ^a   Martin, Lorenz ^a   Kämpfer, Niklaus ^a   Nedoluha, Gerald E ^c   Yushkov, Vladimir ^d   Khaykin, Sergey ^d   Kivi, Rigel ^e   Vömel, Holger ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BKW FMB Energy   (Switzerland)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOPHYSICS; HYGROMETERS; RADIOMETERS; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MODEL VALIDATION; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE; SUBARCTIC REGION; WATER VAPOR;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 29144459808     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005543     Document Type: Article

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