A global climatology of total columnar water vapour from SSM/I and MERIS

Earth System Science Data

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 221-233

  Lindstrot, R ^a   Stengel, M ^b   Schroder M ^b   Fischer, J ^a   Preusker, R ^a   Schneider, N ^b   Steenbergen, T ^b   Bojkov, B R ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

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EID: 84902435438     PISSN: 18663508     EISSN: 18663516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/essd-6-221-2014     Document Type: Article

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