Comparison and visualisation of high-resolution transport modelling with aircraft measurements

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 164-170

  O'Connor, Fiona M ^a,d   Carver, G D ^a   Savage, N H ^a   Pyle, J A ^a   Methven, J ^b   Arnold, S R ^c   Dewey, K ^d   Kent, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft measurements; Eulerian model; Lagrangian model; Point by point comparison; Resolution

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS;

EID: 29844435280     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.111     Document Type: Article

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