Altitude misestimation caused by the Vaisala RS80 pressure bias and its impact on meteorological profiles

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4043-4054

  Inai, Y ^a,b   Shiotani, M ^a   Fujiwara, M ^b   Hasebe, F ^b   Vomel H ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALTITUDE; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; GPS; HYPSOMETRY; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PRESSURE FIELD; RADIOSONDE; SENSOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84942882652     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-4043-2015     Document Type: Article

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