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Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement III (POAM III) Northern Hemisphere vertical distribution of water vapor
Entry ID: POAMIII_NH_WaterVapor_CD

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Abstract: The Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement III (POAM III) instrument is similar to POAM II, and is designed to extend the POAM II data in time. POAM III is carried by the SPOT-4 spacecraft sponsored by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French Space Agency and was launched in 1998.
The POAM III Northern Hemisphere Water Vapor vertical distribution image has a temporal coverage of 04/22/1998 - 12/05/2005:
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/PRODOCS/poam3/images/contour_h2o_nh.jpg
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Description: Access to POAM III Northern Hemisphere instrument measures the vertical distribution of water vapor.
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Climate Diagnostics
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* Bloom, S., L. Takacs, A. DaSilva, and D. Ledvina, 1996: Data assimilation using incremental analysis updates. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 1256-1271.

* Bloom, S., A. da Silva, D. Dee, M. Bosilovich, J.-D. Chern, S. Pawson, S. Schubert, M. Sienkiewicz, I. Stajner, W.-W. Tan, M.-L. Wu, 2005: Documentation and Validation ... View entire text
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