Mean vertical profiles of temperature and absolute humidity from a 12-year radiosounding data set at Terra Nova Bay (Antarctica)

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-169

  Tomasi, Claudio ^a   Cacciari, Alessandra ^a   Vitale, Vito ^a   Lupi, Angelo ^a   Lanconelli, Christian ^a   Pellegrini, Andrea ^b   Grigioni, Paolo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absolute humidity in the troposphere; Antarctic atmosphere; Moisture conditions in the low stratosphere; Radiosounding data analysis; Temperature vertical profiles

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR CORRECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIATION; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DATA SETS; HEAT EXCHANGE PROCESSES; MOISTURE PARAMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; HUMIDITY; RADIOSONDE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; TERRA NOVA BAY; WORLD;

EID: 13944258566     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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