Ground-based millimeter-wave observations of water vapor emission (183 GHz) at Atacama, Chile

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1167-1171

  Kuwahara, T ^a   Mizuno, A ^a   Nagahama, T ^a   Maezawa, H ^a   Morihira, A ^b   Toriyama, N ^a   Murayama, S ^a   Matsuura, M ^a   Sugimoto, T ^a   Asayama, S ^c   Mizuno, N ^a   Onishi, T ^a   Fukui, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ULVAC INC   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ground based remote sensing; Mesosphere; Microwave radiometer; Spectroscopy; Stratosphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; HIGH FREQUENCY RESOLUTION; MESOSPHERE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MILLIMETER WAVE MEASUREMENTS; OPTIMAL ESTIMATION METHODS; VOLUME MIXING RATIOS;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 49249111235     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.11.030     Document Type: Article

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