Intercomparison of total precipitable water measurements made by satellite-borne microwave radiometers and ground-based GPS instruments

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2492-2504

  Mears, Carl A ^a   Wang, Junhong ^b   Smith, Deborah ^a   Wentz, Frank J ^a  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GPS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84927694801     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022694     Document Type: Article

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