Possible effect of kelvin-helmholtz instability on VHF radar observations of the mean vertical wind

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2210-2217

  Muschinski, Andreas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTABILITY; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; INSTABILITY; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ WAVE; RADAR; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0030390799     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<2210:PEOKHI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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