Comparison of satellite limb-sounding humidity climatologies of the uppermost tropical troposphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-320

  Ekstrom M ^a   Eriksson, P ^a   Read, W G ^b   Milz, M ^c,d   Murtagh, D P ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; HUMIDITY; MODEL VALIDATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 38749152456     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-309-2008     Document Type: Article

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