Upper-troposphere and lower-stratosphere water vapor retrievals from the 1400 and 1900 nm water vapor bands

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1147-1156

  Kindel, B C ^a   Pilewskie, P ^a   Schmidt, K S ^a   Thornberry, T ^a,b   Rollins, A ^a,b   Bui, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUX MEASUREMENT; IN SITU TEST; MIXING RATIO; NEAR INFRARED; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSMITTANCE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84924363295     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-1147-2015     Document Type: Article

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