Summertime columnar content of atmospheric water vapor from ground-based Sun-sky radiometer measurements through a new in situ procedure

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Campanelli, M ^a   Lupi, A ^a   Nakajima, T ^b   Malvestuto, V ^a   Tomasi, C ^a   Estells, V ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SUN; WATER VAPOR;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; AIR PRESSURES; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; BEST VALUE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIRECT SOLAR; GROUND BASED; IN-SITU; IN-SITU TECHNIQUES; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PO VALLEY , ITALY; PRECIPITABLE WATER CONTENT; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RETRIEVAL PROCEDURES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SIMULATION ERROR; SKY CONDITION; SKY RADIOMETERS; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SURFACE OBSERVATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

WATER CONTENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOMETER; RADIOMETER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESOLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSMITTANCE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH; ZENITH ANGLE;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EID: 77958146959     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013211     Document Type: Article

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