Moisture budget of the Arctic atmosphere from TOVS satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2002, Pages ACL-11-1-ACL-11-21

  Groves, David G ^a   Francis, Jennifer A ^b,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate; Hydrology; Polar; Precipitation; Satellite

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; POLAR REGION; PRECIPITABLE WATER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE DATA;

ARCTIC;

EID: 36448938697     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001191     Document Type: Article

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