A mobile mesonet for finescale meteorological observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 921-936

  Straka, Jerry M ^a   Rasmussen, Erik N ^b   Fredrickson, Sherman E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001618103     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013<0921:AMMFFM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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