Estimators for the standard deviation of horizontal wind direction

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1403-1415

  Weber, Rudolf O ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURBULENCE; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 0031398581     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1403:EFTSDO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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