Sodar aspect sensitivity studies in the convective boundary layer

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1809-1819

  Singal, S P ^a   Gera, B S ^a   Kallistratova, M A ^b   Petenko, I V ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b Institute of Atmospheric Physics   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ANTENNAS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

TURBULENT THERMAL STRUCTURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACOUSTIC SOUNDER; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; SODAR;

EID: 0031141927     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218115     Document Type: Article

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