Assessment of the availability of near-real time open weather data provided by networks of surface stations in Spain

Earth Science Informatics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 145-163

  Gutierrez Corea, Federico Vladimir ^a   Manso Callejo, Miguel Angel ^a   Vázquez Hoehne, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lacunarity; Surface stations; Volunteers; Weather data

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER STATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 84882916039     PISSN: 18650473     EISSN: 18650481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12145-013-0120-8     Document Type: Article

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