Sampling errors in rawinsonde-array budgets

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2697-2714

  Mapes, Brian E ^a   Ciesielski, Paul E ^b   Johnson, Richard H ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENTHALPY; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; RAIN; RANDOM ERRORS;

ARRAY BUDGETS;

RADIOSONDES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; SAMPLING BIAS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0344287162     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2697:SEIRB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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