Comparison of Tropospheric Water Vapour over Antarctica Derived from AMSU-B Data, Ground-Based GPS Data and the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0026-1165,2186-9057
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.259