Determination of cloud amount and level from radiosonde soundings

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1362-1373

  Chernykh, Irina V ^a   Eskridge, Robert E ^b,c  

^a Russ Res Inst H   (Russian Federation)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; DEW POINT; RADIOSONDE;

EID: 0030432034     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1362:docaal>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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