In situ and remotely sensed horizontal winds and temperature intercomparisons obtained using integrated sounding systems during TOGA COARE

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-61

  Riddle, A C ^a   Angevine, W M ^a   Ecklund, W L ^a   Miller, E R ^b,d   Parsons, D B ^b,d   Carter, D A ^c   Gage, K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL WINDS; INTEGRATED SOUNDING SYSTEMS; IOP; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; OCEAN/ATMOSPHERE EXPERIMENT; RADIOSONDE SOUNDING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOGA COARE; WIND MEASURING EQUIPMENT; WIND PROFILER;

EID: 0029854619     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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