Lidar observations of a breaking mountain wave associated with extreme turbulence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 663-666

  Ralph, F Martin ^a   Neiman, Paul J ^a   Levinson, David ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DOPPLER RADAR; DRAG; OPTICAL RADAR;

MOUNTAIN WAVE BREAKING; MOUNTAIN WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

MOUNTAIN; TURBULENCE; WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOSCALE; MOUNTAIN WAVE; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE DRAG;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031086998     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00349     Document Type: Article

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