Water vapor and surface observations in northwestern Mexico during the 2004 NAME Enhanced Observing Period

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kursinski, E R ^a   Bennett, R A ^b   Gochis, D ^c   Gutman, Seth I ^d   Holub, Kirk L ^d   Mastaler, R ^a   Minjarez Sosa, C ^a,e   Minjarez Sosa, I ^e   van Hove, T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONDENSATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEAT CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MOIST CONVECTION; SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL NETWORK;

WATER VAPOR;

CONDENSATION; GPS; MIXING RATIO; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL;

EID: 41849096741     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031404     Document Type: Article

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