MSU tropospheric temperatures: Dataset construction and radiosonde comparisons

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1153-1170

  Christy, J R ^a   Spencer, R W ^a   Braswell, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ORBIT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033651759     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<1153:MTTDCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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