Influence of changes in humidity on dry temperature in GPS RO climatologies

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2883-2896

  Danzer, J ^a   Foelsche, U ^a   Scherllin Pirscher, B ^a   Schwarz M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; GPS; HUMIDITY; SEASON; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84907053591     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-2883-2014     Document Type: Article

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