Improvement in tropospheric moisture retrievals from VIIRS through the use of infrared absorption bands constructed from VIIRS and CrIS data fusion

Borbas, E. Eva; Weisz, Elisabeth; Moeller, Chris; Menzel, W. Paul; Baum, Bryan A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1191-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1191-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1191-2021

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15 Feb 2021

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| 15 Feb 2021

Improvement in tropospheric moisture retrievals from VIIRS through the use of infrared absorption bands constructed from VIIRS and CrIS data fusion

E. Eva Borbas, Elisabeth Weisz, Chris Moeller, W. Paul Menzel, and Bryan A. Baum

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