Ventilation effects on humidity measurements in thermometer screens

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 665, 2012, Pages 1114-1120

  Harrison, R G ^a   Wood, C R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automatic weather station; Hygrometer; Psychrometer; Supercooling.; Wet bulb

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; DRY-BULB THERMOMETERS; HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; NATURAL VENTILATION; VENTILATION EFFECTS; WET-BULB; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HYGROMETERS; PROBES; SUPERCOOLING; THERMOMETERS; VENTILATION; WIND EFFECTS;

PSYCHROMETERS;

RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VENTILATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84862233735     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.985     Document Type: Article

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