A quantitative measure of the degree of anisotropy of turbulence in terms of atmospheric parameters, with particular relevance to radar studies

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1011-1020

  Hocking, W K ^a   Hamza, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; RADAR; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031446424     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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