Impacts of merging profiler and rawinsonde winds on TOGA COARE analyses

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1264-1279

  Ciesielski, Paul E ^a   Hartten, Leslie M ^b   Johnson, Richard H ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001669360     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<1264:IOMPAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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