Early ship-based upper-air data and comparison with the Twentieth Century

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: Brönnimann, Stefan, Compo, Gilbert P., Spadin, Reto, Allan, Rob, Adam, Wolfgang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: Pacific; Indian; Endeavour; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/9226/1/cp-7-265-2011.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/9226/

Extension of 3-D atmospheric data products back into the past is desirable for a wide range of applications. Historical upper-air data are important in this endeavour, particularly in the maritime regions of the tropics and the southern hemisphere, where observations are extremely sparse. Here we pr...