Correction of radiosonde pressure and temperature measurements using simultaneous GPS height data

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-112

  Inai, Yoichi ^a   Hasebe, Fumio ^a   Shimizu, Kensaku ^a   Fujiwara, Masatomo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84865053673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2009-028     Document Type: Article

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