Use of radiosonde temperature data in climate studies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1002-1019

  Luers, James K ^a   Eskridge, Robert E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE STUDY; RADIOSONDE; TEMPERATURE DATA;

EID: 0031671506     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1002:UORTDI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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