Three-aircraft intercomparison of dynamical and thermodynamical measurements during the pre-EUCREX campaign

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-146

  Quante, M ^a   Brown, P R A ^b   Baumann, R ^c   Guillemet, B ^d   Hignett, P ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^e Meteorological Research Flight   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; GPS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM; PRE-EUCREX; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030464341     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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