Accuracy of ACARS wind and temperature observations determined by collocation

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 6 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1032-1038

  Benjamin, Stanley G ^a   Schwartz, Barry E ^a   Cole, Rodney E ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SURVEY; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; WIND;

AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATIONS, ADDRESSING, AND REPORTING SYSTEM (ACARS); COLLOCATION STUDY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033237223     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<1032:aoawat>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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