Validation of MODIS Terra, AIRS, NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis-2, and AERONET Sun photometer derived integrated precipitable water vapor using ground-based GPS receivers over India

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Prasad, Anup K ^a   Singh, Ramesh P ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITES; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPECTROMETERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AERONET; AERONET DATA; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT-II; CLIMATE STUDIES; CLOUDY DAYS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA SETS; GPS RECEIVERS; GROUND BASED; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; HYDERABAD; INTEGRATED PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPORS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MOIST ATMOSPHERE; MONSOON SEASON; MULTISENSOR SATELLITES; NEAR INFRARED; REANALYSIS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SKY CONDITION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUN PHOTOMETERS; SYSTEMATIC BIAS; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; TIME AND SPACE;

WATER VAPOR;

CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; MODIS; NEAR INFRARED; PHOTOMETER; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SATELLITE SENSOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; BANGALORE; EURASIA; HYDERABAD; INDIA; KANPUR; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 65849458954     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011230     Document Type: Article

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