Profiler measurements of turbulence and wind shear in a snowstorm

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-36

  Rogers, R R ^a   Leblanc, S G ^a   Cohn, S A ^a   Ecklund, W L ^b   Carter, D A ^c   Wilson, J S ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; MESOSCALE NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOWSTORM; TURBULENCE; UHF WIND PROFILER; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 0030452688     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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