Structure of the precipitable water field over Mount Etna

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 60 A, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 679-687

  Zhu, Min ^a   Wadge, Geoff ^a   Holley, Rachel J ^a   James, Ian N ^a   Clark, Peter A ^b   Wang, Changgui ^b   Woodage, Margaret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 47949084239     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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