Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-823-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-823-2015
Research article
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19 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 19 Feb 2015

Retrieval of daytime total columnar water vapour from MODIS measurements over land surfaces

H. Diedrich, R. Preusker, R. Lindstrot, and J. Fischer

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Albert, P., Bennartz, R., Preusker, R., Leinweber, R., and Fischer, J.: Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Water Vapor Using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 22, 309–314, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1708.1, 2005.
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Bennartz, R. and Fischer, J.: A modified k-distribution approach applied to narrow band water vapour and oxygen absorption estimates in the near infrared, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Ra., 66, 539–553, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4073(99)00184-3, 2000.
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