Comparison of stratospheric measurements made by CHAMP radio occultation and Stratéole/Vorcore in situ data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  McDonald, Adrian J ^a   Hertzog, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; STANDARDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTARCTIC STRATOSPHERE; AUSTRAL SPRING; BALLOON MEASUREMENTS; DATA SETS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU DATA; RADIATIVE HEATING; RADIO OCCULTATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRATOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; WAVE ACTIVITY;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BALLOON OBSERVATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GRAVITY WAVE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPRING (SEASON); STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 49849105424     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033338     Document Type: Article

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