Quality assessment of Automatic Dependent Surveillance Contract (ADS-C) wind and temperature observation from commercial aircraft

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-206

  De Haan, S ^a   Bailey, L J ^b   Konnen J E ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; AIRCRAFT; AUTOMATION; DATA SET; DATABASE; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84873429784     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-199-2013     Document Type: Article

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