Comparison of In Situ humidity data from aircraft, dropsonde, and radiosonde

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 921-932

  Vance, A K ^a   Taylor, J P ^a   Hewison, T J ^a   Elms, J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RADIOSONDES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

DROPSONDES; HUMIDITY MEASUREMENT;

METEOROLOGY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 3242729557     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0921:COISHD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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