Non-gaussian bayesian retrieval of tropical upper tropospheric cloud ice and water vapour from Odin-SMR measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 621-637

  Rydberg, B ^a   Eriksson, P ^a   Buehler, S A ^b   Murtagh, D P ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLOUD WATER; CLOUDSAT; HUMIDITY; ICE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77951997347     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-2-621-2009     Document Type: Article

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