Combining UHF radar wind profiler and microwave radiometer for the estimation of atmospheric humidity profiles

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-97

  Klaus, Vladislav ^a   Bianco, Laura ^b   Gaffard, Catherine ^c   Matabuena, Monica ^d   Hewison, Tim J ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PROFILER; RADAR; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 33646048317     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0102     Document Type: Article

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