Reference upper-air observations for climate: From concept to reality

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 123-135

  Bodeker, G E ^a   Bojinski, S ^b   Cimini, D ^c,d   Dirksen, R J ^e   Haeffelin, M ^f   Hannigan, J W ^g   Hurst, D F ^h   Leblanc, T ⁱ   Madonna, F ^c   Maturilli, M ^j   Mikalsen, A C ^k   Philipona, R ^l   Reale, T ^m   Seidel, D J ⁿ   Tan, D G H ^o   Thorne, P W ^p   Vomel H ^e   Wang, J ^q  

^a BODEKER SCIENTIFIC   (New Zealand)

^b WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^k NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

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

^m NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

^o EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^p NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^q STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES; CLIMATE RESEARCH; CLIMATE SCIENCE; FUNDING AGENCIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEMS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM; JOINT DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84959093051     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00072.1     Document Type: Article

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