Absolute accuracy of water vapor measurements from six operational radiosonde types launched during AWEX-G and implications for AIRS validation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Miloshevich, Larry M ^a   Vömel, Holger ^b   Whiteman, David N ^c   Lesht, Barry M ^d   Schmidlin, F J ^c   Russo, Felicita ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOPHYSICS; HYGROMETERS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE METERS; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOSONDE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33745435491     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006083     Document Type: Article

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