A 10-year integrated atmospheric water vapor record using precision filter radiometers at two high-alpine sites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Nyeki, Stephan ^a,b   Vuilleumier, L ^a   Morland, J ^b   Bokoye, A ^c   Viatte, P ^a   Matzler C ^b   Kampfer N ^b  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PHOTOMETERS; RADIOMETERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR; PRECISION FILTER RADIOMETERS; SUN PHOTOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

GPS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 31544452073     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024079     Document Type: Article

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