On the quality of the Nimbus 7 LIMS Version 6 water vapor profiles and distributions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 9155-9167

  Remsberg, E E ^a   Natarajan, M ^a   Lingenfelser, G S ^b   Thompson, R E ^c   Marshall, B T ^c   Gordley, L L ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c GATS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NIMBUS-7; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 71849113139     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-9155-2009     Document Type: Article

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