Some concerns when using data from the cooperative weather station networks: A Nebraska case study

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 592-602

  Wu, Hong ^a   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^a   You, Jinsheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); QUALITY ASSURANCE; SENSORS; STATISTICS;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER DATA NETWORK (AWDN); COOPERATIVE OBSERVER PROGRAM (COOP); QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; WEATHER STATIONS;

RADAR STATIONS;

WEATHER STATION;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20544462599     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1733.1     Document Type: Article

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