Analysis of relative humidity sensors at the WMO radiosonde intercomparison experiment in Brazil

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 664-678

  Sapucci, Luiz Fernando ^a   Machado, Luiz A T ^b   da Silveira, Reinaldo B ^c   Fisch, Gilberto ^d   Monico, João F G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE AERONÁUTICA E ESPAÇO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; METEOROLOGY; SENSORS; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

HUMIDITY MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR (IWV); VERTICAL RESOLUTION; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO);

RADIOSONDES;

HUMIDITY; RADIOSONDE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22944444530     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1754.1     Document Type: Article

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