GCOS reference upper air network (GRUAN): Steps towards assuring future climate records

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1552 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 1042-1047

  Thorne, P W ^a   Vomel H ^b   Bodeker, G ^c   Sommer, M ^b   Apituley, A ^d   Berger, F ^b   Bojinski, S ^e   Braathen, G ^e   Calpini, B ^f   Demoz, B ^g   Diamond, H J ^h   Dykema, J ⁱ   Fasso A ^j   Fujiwara, M ^k   Gardiner, T ^l   Hurst, D ^m   Leblanc, T ⁿ   Madonna, F ^o   Merlone, A ^p   Mikalsen, A ^e   Miller, C D ^m   Reale, T ^m   Rannat, K ^q   Richter, C ^e   Seidel, D J ^m   Shiotani, M ^r   Sisterson, D ^s   Tan, D G H ^t   Vose, R S ^h   Voyles, J ^u   Wang, J ^v   Whiteman, D N ^w   Williams, S ^v   more..

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c BODEKER SCIENTIFIC   (New Zealand)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^e WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^g HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^k HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^m NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^o CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^p Istitutio Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica   (Italy)

^q TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^r KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^t EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^u PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^v NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^w NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

atmospheric parameters measurements; Climate change; GRUAN; Meteorological observations; Metrology for Meteorology; Temperature historical data series; Traceability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884998184     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4821421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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