Comparison of IASI water vapour products over complex terrain with COPS campaign data

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 471-487

  Masiello, Guido ^a   Serio, Carmine ^a   Deleporte, Thomas ^b   Herbin, Hervé ^c   Di Girolamo, Paolo ^a   Champollion, Céldric ^c   Behrendt, Andreas ^d   Bosser, Pierre ^e   Bock, Olivier ^f   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^d   Pommier, Matthieu ^b   Flamant, Cyrille ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e Ecole Nationale des Sciences Geographiques   (France)

^f Universit Paris Diderot   (France)

Author keywords

Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL); Global Positioning System (GPS); Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI); Raman lidar; Remote sensing; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE INITIATION; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RAMAN LIDAR; VERTICAL SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; TRACKING (POSITION);

WATER VAPOR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GPS; IASI; MIXING RATIO; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 84890926954     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0430     Document Type: Article

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