Measurements of the total water content of cirrus clouds. Part I: Instrument details and calibration

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1397-1409

  Weinstock, Elliot M ^a   Smith, J B ^a   Sayres, D ^a   Spackman, J R ^a,b   Pittman, J V ^a,c   Allen, N ^a   Demusz, J ^a   Greenberg, M ^a   Rivero, M ^a   Solomon, L ^a   Anderson, J G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; FLUORESCENCE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ISOKINETIC FLOW; PHOTOFRAGMENT FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE; TOTAL WATER CONTENT;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; FLUORESCENCE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; AMBIENT AIR; CALIBRATION; CIRRUS; INSTRUMENTATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33845615410     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1928.1     Document Type: Article

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