Articles | Volume 15, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9711-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9711-2015
Research article
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31 Aug 2015
Research article |  | 31 Aug 2015

Trajectory mapping of middle atmospheric water vapor by a mini network of NDACC instruments

M. Lainer, N. Kämpfer, B. Tschanz, G. E. Nedoluha, S. Ka, and J. J. Oh

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We use water vapor profiles from ground-based microwave radiometers at five locations...
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