Intercomparison of integrated water vapor retrievals from SSM/I and COSMIC

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Wick, Gary A ^a   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^b   Ralph, F Martin ^a   Wee, Tae Kwon ^b   Neiman, Paul J ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; IONOSPHERE; MICROWAVES; VAPORS; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; DATA ASSIMILATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; INTER COMPARISONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; POSITIONING SYSTEMS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RAIN RATES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER; WIND SPEED;

WATER VAPOR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE MISSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SSM-I; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 57149134011     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035126     Document Type: Article

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