Horizontal divergence and vertical velocity retrievals from Doppler radar and wind profiler observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 948-966

  Cifelli, Robert ^a   Rutledge, Steven A ^a   Boccippio, Dennis J ^b   Matejka, Thomas ^c  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000329417     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013<0948:HDAVVR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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