Comparison of tropospheric water vapour over Antarctica derived from AMSU-B data, ground-based GPS data and the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 1 B, 2004, Pages 259-267

  Vey, Sibylle ^a   Dietrich, R ^a   Johnsen, K P ^b   Miao, Jibylle ^c   Heygster, G ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GPS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 2942563955     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.259     Document Type: Article

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