Comparisons of temperature, pressure and humidity measurements by balloon-borne radiosondes and frost point hygrometers during MOHAVE-2009

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2777-2793

  Hurst, D F ^a,b   Hall, E G ^a,b   Jordan, A F ^a,b   Miloshevich, L M ^c   Whiteman, D N ^d   Leblanc, T ^e   Walsh, D ^e   Vomel H ^f   Oltmans, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Milo Scientific LLC   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; DATA SET; HUMIDITY; MANUFACTURING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING RATIO; PRESSURE EFFECT; RADIOSONDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857760502     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-2777-2011     Document Type: Article

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