Tropospheric water vapour above Switzerland over the last 12 years

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5975-5988

  Morland, J ^a   Coen, Collaud M ^b   Hocke, K ^a   Jeannet, P ^b   Matzler C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Station Aérologique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DETECTION METHOD; GPS; HOMOGENEITY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PHOTOMETER; RADIOSONDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80052018647     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-5975-2009     Document Type: Article

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