Three decades of intersatellite-calibrated high-resolution infrared radiation sounder upper tropospheric water vapor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Shi, Lei ^a   Bates, John J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CALIBRATION; INFRARED RADIATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; TIME SERIES; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

AREAL COVERAGE; BIAS VARIATION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW HUMIDITY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPORS; WINTER MONTHS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLEAR SKY; DATA SET; HUMIDITY; INFRARED RADIATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79951931867     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014847     Document Type: Article

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