Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN/WCRP): New Precision Radiometry for Climate Research

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2115-2136

  Ohmura, Atsumu ^a   Dutton, Ellsworth G ^b   Forgan, Bruce ^c   Fröhlich, Claus ^d   Gilgen, Hans ^a   Hegner, Herman ^a   Heimo, Alain ^e   König Langlo, Gert ^f   McArthur, Bruce ^g   Müller, Guido ^a   Philipona, Rolf ^d   Pinker, Rachel ^h   Whitlock, Charlie H ⁱ   Dehne, Klaus ^j   Wild, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^e FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁱ NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^j DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

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EID: 1842740233     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<2115:BSRNBW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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