The Lettau-Schwerdtfeger Balloon Experiment: Measurement of Turbulence via Austausch Theory

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2619-2635

  Lewis, John M ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; AUSTAUSCH THEORY; BALLOON EXPERIMENT; LETTAU,H.; SCHWERDTFEGER,W.; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031400280     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<2619:TLSBEM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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