Analyses of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC humidity retrievals and comparisons with AIRS retrievals and NCEP/NCAR reanalyses

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Chou, Ming Dah ^a   Weng, Chun Hsiung ^a   Lin, Po Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COSMOLOGY; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE;

AIRS RETRIEVAL; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; DRY REGION; FORMOSAT-3; FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HORIZONTAL VARIATION; LONG-PATH; NCEP/NCAR; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; OCEANIC REGIONS; POINT MEASUREMENT; RADIO SOUNDINGS; SMALL ISLAND; SPACE AND TIME; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GPS; HUMIDITY; ISLAND; RADIO WAVE; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE; TYPHOON;

TAIWAN;

EID: 75649118323     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010227     Document Type: Article

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