Evaluation of upper tropospheric humidity forecasts from ECMWF using AIRS and CALIPSO data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1779-1793

  Lamquin, N ^a   Gierens, K ^b   Stubenrauch, C J ^a   Chatterjee, R ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; INTERPOLATION; LIDAR; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 76149107526     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-1779-2009     Document Type: Article

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