Overview of the integrated global radiosonde archive

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-68

  Durre, Imke ^a   Vose, Russell S ^a   Wuertz, David B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DATA SETS; DEWPOINT; GENERAL DESCRIPTION; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTERS; PILOT BALLOON OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL COVERAGE; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; WESTERN EUROPE; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOSONDES;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

EID: 84859944051     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3594.1     Document Type: Article

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