Articles | Volume 7, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4463-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4463-2014
Research article
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18 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 18 Dec 2014

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

R. J. Dirksen, M. Sommer, F. J. Immler, D. F. Hurst, R. Kivi, and H. Vömel

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