Use of wind profiler estimates of significant moisture gradients to improve humidity profile retrieval

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1285-1290

  Stankov, B B ^a   Westwater, E R ^b   Gossard, E E ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0000938821     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013<1285:UOWPEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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