Spatial sampling requirements for monitoring upper-air climate change with radiosondes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 985-993

  McCarthy, Mark P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate monitoring; GUAN; Radiosondes; Upper air

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; RADAR STATIONS; RADIOSONDES; SAMPLING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CLIMATE RESEARCH; GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM (GCOS); HIGH QUALITY (HQ); HISTORICAL DATA; IN ORDER; INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDE (CO); MID-LATITUDES; MONITOR (CO); POLAR REGIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE (SH); SPATIAL SAMPLING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MONITORING SYSTEM; RADIOSONDE; SAMPLING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 46649111714     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1611     Document Type: Article

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