Precipitable water vapor characterization in the Gulf of cadiz region (southwestern Spain) based on Sun photometer, GPS, and radiosonde data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Torres, B ^a   Cachorro, V E ^a   Toledano, C ^a   Ortiz De Galisteo, J P ^a,b   Berjon A ^a   De Frutos, A M ^a   Bennouna, Y ^a   Laulainen, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Territorial Delegation of Castile and Leon Spanish Meteorology Agency ^*  (Spain)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CALIBRATION PROBLEMS; DATA SERIES; DESERT DUST; GIBRALTARS; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; GULF OF CADIZ; GULF REGION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LOCAL MINIMUMS; MEAN VALUES; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NEAR INFRARED; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; RADIOSONDE DATAS; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SUN PHOTOMETERS; THREE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES; TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER;

WATER VAPOR;

DESERT; DUST; GPS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODIS; PHOTOMETER; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RADIOSONDE; WATER VAPOR;

ANDALUCIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EL ARENOSILLO; GIBRALTAR; GULF OF CADIZ; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 77957590929     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012724     Document Type: Article

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