Satellite sensors measuring atmospheric water vapour

Monitoring Atmospheric Water Vapour: Ground-Based Remote Sensing and In-situ Methods

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 175-214

  Urban, Joachim ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER; SATELLITE SENSORS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84947959330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3909-7_9     Document Type: Chapter

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