Propagation of radiosonde pressure sensor errors to ozonesonde measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-79

  Stauffer, R M ^a   Morris, G A ^b   Thompson, A M ^a,c   Joseph, E ^d   Coetzee, G J R ^e   Nalli, N R ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; MIXING RATIO; OZONESONDE; RADIOSONDE; SENSOR; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 84892711392     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-65-2014     Document Type: Article

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