Scientific insights from four generations of Lagrangian smart balloons in atmospheric research

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1539-1554

  Businger, S ^a   Johnson, R ^b   Talbot, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Field Research Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; AUTONOMOUS BALLOON INSTRUMENT PLATFORM; LAGRANGIAN SMART BALLOONS; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS;

EID: 33845363317     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-87-11-1539     Document Type: Article

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