Dependence of trajectory accuracy on the spatial and temporal densities of wind data

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-215

  Lee, Tae Young ^a   Park, Sang Wook ^a   Kim, Seung Bum ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; TRAJECTORY PREDICTION; WIND CONCENTRATION;

ISOBARIC LEVEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TRAJECTORY ACCURACY; WIND DATA;

EID: 0031436431     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v49i2.15962     Document Type: Article

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