The interpretation of saturated spectra as obtained from atmospheric balloon measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 334-342

  Alexander, P ^a   De La Torre, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BALLOON OBSERVATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATURATION; SPECTRA;

EID: 0032717652     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0334:TIOSSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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