Calibration and quality assurance of flux observations from a small research aircraft

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-181

  Vellinga, Olaf S ^a   Dobosy, Ronald J ^b   Dumas, Edward J ^b   Gioli, Beniamino ^c   Elbers, Jan A ^a   Hutjes, Ronald W A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; FLUX OBSERVATION; INTEGRATED METHOD; MULTIPLE-GROUP; OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS; RAW MEASUREMENTS; SELECTION CRITERIA;

PROBES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT;

CALIBRATION;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CALIBRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; POTENTIAL FLOW; PRECISION;

EID: 84874985217     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00138.1     Document Type: Article

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