Atmospheric total precipitable water from AIRS and ECMWF during Antarctic summer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Ye, Hengchun ^a   Fetzer, Eric J ^b   Bromwich, David H ^c   Fishbein, Evan F ^b   Olsen, Edward T ^b   Granger, Stephanie L ^b   Lee, Sung Yung ^b   Chen, Luke ^b   Lambrigtsen, Bjorn H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; RADIOSONDES; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER; ATMOSPHERIC TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

PRECIPITABLE WATER; RADIOSONDE; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 37249066800     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028547     Document Type: Article

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