SPARC Data Initiative: Comparison of water vapor climatologies from international satellite limb sounders

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11,824-11,846

  Hegglin, M I ^a   Tegtmeier, S ^b   Anderson, J ^c   Froidevaux, L ^d   Fuller, R ^d   Funke, B ^e   Jones, A ^f   Lingenfelser, G ^g   Lumpe, J ^h   Pendlebury, D ^f   Remsberg, E ^g   Rozanov, A ⁱ   Toohey, M ^b   Urban, J ^j   Von Clarmann, T ^k   Walker, K A ^f   Wang, R ^l   Weigel, K ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^j CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^k KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^l GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

data validation; multi instrument comparison; satellite limb sounders; SPARC Data Initiative; stratospheric water vapor; water vapor climatologies

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CLIMATOLOGY; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; TAPE RECORDERS; TIME SERIES; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; DATA VALIDATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LIMB SOUNDER; MULTI-INSTRUMENT COMPARISON; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SPARC DATA INITIATIVE;

MERGING;

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; DEHYDRATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84888195614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50752     Document Type: Article

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