Comparisons of aircraft, ship, and buoy meteorological measurements from TOGA COARE

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D24, 1999, Pages 30853-30883

  Burns, Sean P ^a   Khelif, Djamal ^a   Friehe, Carl A ^a,b   Williams, Alastair G ^c,m   Hignett, Phil ^d   Grant, Alan L M ^c,m   Hacker, Jörg M ^e   Rogers, David P ^f   Bradley, E Frank ^g   Weller, Robert A ^h   Cronin, Meghan F ^i,l   Anderson, Steven P ^h   Fairall, Chris W ^j,l   Paulson, Clayton A ^k  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF DEFENCE   (United Kingdom)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

ⁱ NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j Environmental Technology Laboratory   (United States)

^k OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^m MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BUOY SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; TOGA-COARE;

EID: 0033611340     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900934     Document Type: Review

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