Dry bias in Vaisala RS90 radiosonde humidity profiles over Antarctica

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1529-1541

  Rowe, Penny M ^a,d   Miloshevich, Larry M ^b   Turner, David D ^c   Walden, Von P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIANCE INTERFEROMETERS; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CLEAR SKIES; DOWN-WELLING; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS; HUMIDITY PROFILES; INFRARED RADIANCES; MICROWINDOWS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATIONS; RADIOSONDE HUMIDITY PROFILES; RELATIVE ERRORS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIMULATED RADIANCES; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ERRORS; HEATING; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HUMIDITY SENSORS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; RADIOSONDES; SOLAR HEATING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLEAR SKY; DOWNWELLING; ESTIMATION METHOD; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 63049137653     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1009.1     Document Type: Article

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