Planetary boundary layer over a small island as observed by a Doppler sodar

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-390

  Ito, Yoshiki ^a  

^a Kaijo Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cumulus sub cloud layer; Doppler sodar; Internal boundary layer; Phased array; Topographic influence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; DOPPLER SODAR; INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; ISLAND; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0031461911     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000540516639     Document Type: Article

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