Global radiosonde balloon drift statistics

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Seidel, Dian J ^a   Sun, Bomin ^b   Pettey, Michael ^b   Reale, Anthony ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IM Systems Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE;

850-HPA; CLIMATOLOGICAL WINDS; DRIFT DISTANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEMS; GLOBAL CLIMATOLOGY; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MEDIAN VALUE; MIDLATITUDES; MIDTROPOSPHERE; PRESSURE LEVEL; UPPER AIR; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

BALLOONS;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; CLIMATOLOGY; RADIOSONDE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 79954514176     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014891     Document Type: Article

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