A global radiosonde and tracked balloon archive on 16 pressure levels (GRASP) back to 1905 - Part 1: Merging and interpolation to 00:00 and 12:00 GMT

Earth System Science Data

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-200

  Pralungo, L Ramella ^a   Haimberger, L ^a   Stickler, A ^b   Bronnimann S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84901361736     PISSN: 18663508     EISSN: 18663516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/essd-6-185-2014     Document Type: Article

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