Development and validation of a time-lag correction for Vaisala radiosonde humidity measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1305-1327

  Miloshevich, Larry M ^a   Paukkunen, Ari ^b   Vömel, Holger ^c   Oltmans, Samuel J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b VAISALA OYJ   (Finland)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; ERROR CORRECTION; HYGROMETERS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RADIOSONDES; SENSORS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH) MEASUREMENTS; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME-LAG CORRECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CORRECTION; HUMIDITY; RADIOSONDE; SENSOR;

EID: 5044225294     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<1305:DAVOAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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