Ground-based microwave measurements of water vapor from the midstratosphere to the mesosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Nedoluha, Gerald E ^a   Gomez, R Michael ^a   Hicks, Brian C ^a   Helmboldt, Joe ^a   Bevilacqua, Richard M ^a   Lambert, Alyn ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INSTRUMENTS; NASA; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

ALTITUDE RANGE; CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL BANDWIDTH; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; GROUND BASED; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MILLIMETER-WAVE SPECTROMETERS; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

WATER VAPOR;

FOURIER TRANSFORM; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MESOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; SPECTROMETER; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CALIFORNIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TABLE MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 79551624279     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014728     Document Type: Article

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