Diurnal cycle of water vapor as documented by a dense GPS network in a coastal area during ESCOMPTE IOP2

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-182

  Bastin, Sophie ^a   Champollion, Cédric ^b   Bock, Olivier ^a   Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Masson, Frédéric ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAPS; RADIOSONDES; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR; WIND EFFECTS;

DIURNAL CYCLE; INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR; SEA-BREEZE EFFECT;

METEOROLOGY;

DIURNAL VARIATION; GPS; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR; WIND PROFILE;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MARSEILLES; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947547424     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2450.1     Document Type: Article

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