Assessment of the SAGE II version 6.2 water vapor data set through intercomparison with ATMOS/ATLAS-3 measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Chiou, Er Woon ^a   Thomason, Larry W ^b   Burton, Sharon P ^a   Michelsen, Hope A ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; MIXING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS;

VAPOR MIXING; WATER VAPOR;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIXING; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 4644286615     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020071     Document Type: Article

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