Sodar performance and preliminary results after one year of measurements at Adelie Land coast, East Antarctica

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-103

  Argentini, S ^a   Mastrantonio, G ^a   Viola, A ^a   Pettre, P ^b   Dargaud, G ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c Institut Francais pour la Recherche et la Technologie Polaires   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER SODAR; KATABATIC WIND; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SODAR; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA, ADELIE LAND, DUMONT D'URVILLE;

EID: 0030441472     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00119401     Document Type: Article

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