Intercomparison of atmospheric soundings from the aerosonde and radiosonde

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1260-1269

  Soddell, Jade R ^a   McGuffie, Kendal ^a   Holland, Greg J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Aerosonde Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALIBRATION; CONTAMINATION; SENSORS;

AEROSONDE; ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; RADIOSONDE;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE; BALLOON OBSERVATION; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 5044228116     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<1260:IOASFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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