Balloon drift estimation and improved position estimates for radiosondes

Voggenberger, Ulrich; Haimberger, Leopold; Ambrogi, Federico; Poli, Paul

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3783-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3783-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3783-2024

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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 9

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13 May 2024

Development and technical paper |

| 13 May 2024

Balloon drift estimation and improved position estimates for radiosondes

Ulrich Voggenberger, Leopold Haimberger, Federico Ambrogi, and Paul Poli

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