Comparison of Aura MLS water vapor measurements with GFS and NAM analyses in the upper troposphere-lower stratosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 274-289

  van Thien, Le ^a   Gallus Jr , William A ^a   Olsen, Mark A ^b   Livesey, Nathaniel ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEMS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MESOSCALE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIXING RATIOS; MODEL ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICAN; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77952505170     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1317.1     Document Type: Article

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