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

<table>Variation of MODIS K-index with observed brightness temperature at 6.7 <i>μ</i>m wavelength (BT6.7) in K. Obs-NCEP: difference between observations and NCEP/DOE, Obs-NICAM: difference between observations and NICAM.</table>

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Figure 5: Comparison between Satellite Water Vapour Observations and Atmospheric Models’ Predictions of the Upper Tropospheric Thermal Radiation 