Measurement of the water vapour vertical profile and of the Earth's outgoing far infrared flux

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2885-2894

  Palchetti, L ^a   Bianchini, G ^a   Carli, B ^a   Cortesi, U ^a   Del Bianco, S ^a  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; RADIATION BUDGET; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 44949223581     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-2885-2008     Document Type: Article

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