A comparative study of ASOS and USCRN temperature measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 679-686

  Sun, Bomin ^a   Baker, C Bruce ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^a   Gifford, Malcolm D ^b  

^a NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT TREATMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS); US CLIMATE REFERENCE NETWORK (USCRN); WIND SPEED;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE;

EID: 22944492403     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1752.1     Document Type: Article

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