Articles | Volume 8, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1055-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1055-2015
Research article
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04 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 04 Mar 2015

A layer-averaged relative humidity profile retrieval for microwave observations: design and results for the Megha-Tropiques payload

R. G. Sivira, H. Brogniez, C. Mallet, and Y. Oussar

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