Intercomparison of integrated water vapor estimates from multisensors in the Amazonian region

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1880-1894

  Sapucci, Luiz F ^a   Machado, Luiz A T ^a   Monico, João F G ^b   Plana Fattori, Artemio ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORK SOLAR RADIOMETER; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY MEASUREMENT; HUMIDITY SOUNDING; MULTISENSOR; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE;

WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER VAPOR;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY BUDGET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; HUMIDITY; IONOSPHERE; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE DATA; WATER VAPOR;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36749076016     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2090.1     Document Type: Article

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