Research Article

Comparison between Satellite Water Vapour Observations and Atmospheric Models’ Predictions of the Upper Tropospheric Thermal Radiation

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MODIS 6.7 μm brightness temperature (BT6.7) distribution (a) and monthly variation (b) for the period from Jan 2003 to Dec 2006, showing the seasonality of this parameter in the South Pacific. The black vertical lines of the right figure represent the difference between the monthly variation and the deseasonalized variation.
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