The NCAR GPS Dropwindsonde

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 407-420

  Hock, Terrence F ^a   Franklin, James L ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001016429     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<0407:TNGD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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