An assessment of the absolute accuracy of the atmospheric infrared sounder v5 precipitable water vapor product at tropical, midlatitude, and arctic ground-truth sites: September 2002 through August 2008

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Bedka, Sarah ^a   Knuteson, Robert ^a   Revercomb, Henry ^a   Tobin, David ^a   Turner, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFRARED DEVICES; LANDFORMS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SOUNDING APPARATUS; WATER VAPOR;

ABSOLUTE ACCURACY; AIRS RETRIEVAL; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; ATMOSPHERIC RETRIEVAL; BROAD SPECTRAL; CLOUD-CLEARED RADIANCE; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; GPS RECEIVERS; GROUND BASED; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; LOW WATER; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MIDINFRARED; MIDLATITUDES; PASSIVE INFRARED; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; RETRIEVAL ACCURACY; SATELLITE SENSORS; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; SURFACE EMISSIVITY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER AMOUNT; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; GPS; MIXING RATIO; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957550155     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013139     Document Type: Article

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