Validation of aura microwave limb sounder stratospheric water vapor measurements by the NOAA frost point hygrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1612-1625

  Hurst, Dale F ^a,b   Lambert, Alyn ^c   Read, William G ^c   Davis, Sean M ^a,b   Rosenlof, Karen H ^b   Hall, Emrys G ^a,b   Jordan, Allen F ^a,b   Oltmans, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; HYGROMETERS; MOISTURE METERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

COMBINED MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; STATISTICAL BIAS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; WATER VAPOR MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR RETRIEVAL;

MEASUREMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; AURA (SATELLITE); FROST; NOAA SATELLITE; STRATOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

BOULDER; COLORADO; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HILO; LAUDER; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896936496     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020757     Document Type: Article

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