Validation of Mode-S Meteorological Routine Air Report aircraft observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Strajnar, B ^a  

^a Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DATA PROCESSING; METEOROLOGY; RADIOSONDES; STATISTICS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GROUND RADARS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SLOVENIA; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL SMOOTHING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBSERVATIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; AIRPORT; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; RADIOSONDE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

LJUBLJANA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84870887934     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018315     Document Type: Article

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