Radiation dry bias of the Vaisala RS92 humidity sensor

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 953-963

  Vömel, Holger ^a   Selkirk, H ^b   Miloshevich, L ^c   Valverde Canossa, J ^d   Valdes J ^d   Kyro E ^e   Kivi, R ^e   Stolz, W ^f   Peng, G ^g   Diaz, J A ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Instituto Meteorologico Nacional   (Costa Rica)

^g AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^h Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnología   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALIBRATION; ERRORS; HYGROMETERS; RADIOSONDES; SOLAR RADIATION;

HUMIDITY MEASUREMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY DISTRIBUTION; ZENITH ANGLE;

HUMIDITY SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALIBRATION; ERRORS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; HYGROMETERS; RADIOSONDES; SOLAR RADIATION;

CALIBRATION; ERROR CORRECTION; HUMIDITY; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOPAUSE;

ALAJUELA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 34347406386     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2019.1     Document Type: Article

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