A comparison of three Met Office wind observing systems

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 283-288

  Sloan, C ^a   Clark, M R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anemometer; Inter comparison; Met Office; Observations; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANEMOMETER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EOS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84867938804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.396     Document Type: Article

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