Quality assurance procedures in the Oklahoma Mesonetwork

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 474-494

  Shafer, Mark A ^a   Fiebrich, Christopher A ^a   Arndt, Derek S ^a   Fredrickson, Sherman E ^a,b   Hughes, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Environmental Verification and Analysis Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA QUALITY; WEATHER STATION;

OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034128384     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0474:QAPITO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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