Corrections of humidity measurement errors from the Vaisala RS80 radiosonde-Application to TOGA COARE data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 981-1002

  Wang, Junhong ^a   Cole, Harold L ^a   Carlson, David J ^a   Miller, Erik R ^a   Beierle, Kathryn ^a   Paukkunen, Ari ^a   Laine, Tapani K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR CORRECTION; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE;

NONWATER MOLECULES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ERROR CORRECTION; HUMIDITY; RADIOSONDE; TOGA-COARE;

EID: 0036638965     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<0981:COHMEF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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