Validation of tropospheric water vapor as measured by the 183-GHz HAMSTRAD radiometer over the Pyrenees Mountains, France

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2189-2203

  Ricaud, Philippe ^a   Gabard, Benjamin ^b   Derrien, Solène ^a   Attié, Jean Luc ^a,c   Rose, Thomas ^d   Czekala, Harald ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d Radiometer Physics GmbH (RPG)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurements; Humidity measurements; Microwave measurements; Validation

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; DATA SETS; DRY CONDITION; DRY ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; PYRENEES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WET PERIOD;

DOMES; HUMIDITY SENSORS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SPACE PLATFORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA SET; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NADIR; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; FRANCE; HAUTE PYRENEES; MIDI-PYRENEES; PIC DU MIDI; PYRENEES;

EID: 77951298749     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2037920     Document Type: Article

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