Analyses of inhomogeneities in radiosonde temperature and humidity time series

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 884-894

  Zhai, Panmao ^a,b   Eskridge, Robert E ^a,c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDS; RADIO SONDE DATA; TIME SERIES ADJUSTMENT METHOD;

EID: 0030471275     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0884:AOIIRT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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