Reference quality upper-air measurements: GRUAN data processing for the Vaisala RS92 radiosonde

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4463-4490

  Dirksen, R J ^a   Sommer, M ^a   Immler, F J ^a,e   Hurst, D F ^b,c   Kivi, R ^d   Vomel H ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR CORRECTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84912131238     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-4463-2014     Document Type: Article

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