Calibration of sun radiometer-based atmospheric water vapor retrievals using GPS meteorology

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 964-979

  Bokoye, Amadou Idrissa ^a,b   Royer, Alain ^a   Cliche, Patrick ^a   O'Neill, Norm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIOMETRY;

CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE;

WATER VAPOR;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIOMETRY; WATER VAPOR;

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; GEODESY; GPS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIOMETER; SOFTWARE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34447109401     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2011.1     Document Type: Article

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