Unexplained discontinuity in the U.S. radiosonde temperature data. Part II: Stratosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1133-1144

  Redder, Christopher R ^a,b   Luers, Jim K ^c   Eskridge, Robert E ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

POSTPROCESSING SOFTWARE; POSTPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

RADIOSONDES;

ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIOSONDE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 4444250049     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<1133:UDITUR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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