Quantifying the value of redundant measurements at GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network sites

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3813-3823

  Madonna, F ^a   Rosoldi, M ^a   Guldner J ^b   Haefele, A ^c   Kivi, R ^d   Cadeddu, M P ^e   Sisterson, D ^e   Pappalardo, G ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

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

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; LIDAR; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MIXING RATIO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOSONDE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 84912127224     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-3813-2014     Document Type: Article

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