Statistical analysis of global variations of atmospheric relative humidity as observed by AIRS

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Du, J ^a,b   Cooper, F ^c   Fueglistaler, S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GLOBAL WARMING; INFRARED DEVICES; LINEAR REGRESSION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE;

5-LEVEL; ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; COMPUTATIONAL LIMITATIONS; GLOBAL VARIATIONS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEAK-TO-PEAK-; RANDOM TIME SERIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBSEASONAL VARIABILITY; ZONAL MEANS;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

AIRS; ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84863469023     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017550     Document Type: Article

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