A Look Back on Two Decades of Doppler Sodar Comparison Studies

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 651-673

  Crescenti, Gennaro H ^a,b  

^a Atmosph Sciences Modeling Division   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER SODAR; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0031284668     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0651:ALBOTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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