An algorithm to detect tropopause folds from ozone soundings

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 153-162

  Blonsky, Susanne ^a   Speth, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 0343151839     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/metz/7/1998/153     Document Type: Article

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