The use of commercial aircraft as platforms for environmental measurements

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2229-2242

  Fleming, Rex J ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT; WEATHER DATA;

EID: 0030372351     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<2229:TUOCAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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