Precipitable water and the lognormal distribution

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Foster, James ^a   Bevis, Michael ^b   Raymond, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOSONDES;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GPS; HISTOGRAM; MOISTURE FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RADIOSONDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL REGION; WATER VAPOR; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 33845918451     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006731     Document Type: Article

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