Assessing the performance of GPS radio occultation measurements in retrieving tropospheric humidity in cloudiness: A comparison study with radiosondes, ERA-interim, and AIRS data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7718-7731

  Vergados, Panagiotis ^a   Mannucci, Anthony J ^a   Ao, Chi O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFRARED DEVICES; IONOSPHERE; RADIO; RADIOSONDES; REMOTE SENSING; TRACKING (POSITION); TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY , IONOSPHERE , AND CLIMATES; EUROPEAN CENTER FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GPS RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84904719967     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021398     Document Type: Article

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