Comparison of decadal global water vapor changes derived from independent satellite time series

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 12,489-12,499

  Mieruch, S ^a,b,c   Schroder M ^a   Noel S ^b   Schulz, J ^d  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d EUMETSAT   (Germany)

Author keywords

autocorrelation; HOAPS; satellites; SCIAMACHY; trends; water vapor

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EL NINO; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84918591101     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021588     Document Type: Article

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