Sinkhole field experiment in the eastern alps

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 701-716

  Steinacker, Reinhold ^a   Whiteman, C D ^b   Dorninger, M ^a   Pospichal, B ^a   Eisenbach, S ^a   Holzer, A M ^a   Weihs, P ^a   Mursch Radlgruber, E ^c   Baumann, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; LIMESTONE SINKHOLES; METEOROLOGICAL FIELD; SURFACE TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TETHERSONDES;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 34250870747     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-5-701     Document Type: Article

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