Radiosonde station comparison
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Comparison of microwave satellite humidity data and radiosonde profiles: a survey of European stations V. O. John and S. A. Buehler Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany Received: 15 October 2004 – Accepted: 27 January 2005 – Published: 15 March 2005 Correspondence to: V. O. John ([email protected]) © 2005 Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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