NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 74  

 

DOBSON DATA RE-EVALUATION HANDBOOK

 

 

CONTRIBUTORS

Rumen Bojkov
World Meteorological Organization
Geneva, Switzerland

Walter D. Komhyr
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Climate Monitoring and Diagnostic Laboratory
Boulder, Colorado

Alan Lapworth
United Kingdom Meteorological Office

Karel Vanicek
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
Solar and Ozone Observatory, Czech Republic

 

EDITORS

Robert D. Hudson
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

Walter G. Planet
Office of Research and Applications
Satellite Research Laboratory
Camp Springs, Maryland

 

Washington, D.C.
October 1993

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Ronald H. Brown, Secretary

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
D. James Baker, Under Secretary

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
Robert S. Winokur, Assistant Administrator


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Section I:   Examination of Instrument Histories

Section II:  Re-evaluation of Instrument Constants

Section III: Independent Data Sources for Comparison with Dobson Records