Temporal variations in sun photometer measured precipitable water in near IR band and its comparison with model estimates at a tropical Indian station

Atmosfera

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-333

  Ernest Raj, P ^a   Devara, P C S ^a   Saha, S K ^a   Sonbawne, S M ^a   Dani, K K ^a   Pandithurai, G ^a   Ramana Murthy, A ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Precipitable water; Sun photometer; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODIS; NEAR INFRARED; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOTOMETER; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 54849420726     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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