Intercomparison of tropical tropospheric humidity in GCMs with AMSU-B water vapor data
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Intercomparison of tropical tropospheric humidity in GCMs with AMSU-B water vapor data
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2006gl029118