Evaluation of regional aircraft observations using TAMDAR

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 627-645

  Moninger, William R ^a   Benjamin, Stanley G ^a   Jamison, Brian D ^a   Schlatter, Thomas W ^a   Smith, Tracy Lorraine ^a   Szoke, Edward J ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Data quality control; Field experiments

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA QUALITY CONTROL; DATA RESOLUTIONS; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; OBSERVATION ERRORS; RAPID UPDATE CYCLES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TIME RANGE; VERIFICATION SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77955532460     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222321.1     Document Type: Article

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