Mixing height estimation from sodar data - A critical discussion

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3941-3953

  Beyrich, F ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic sounding; Atmospheric boundary layer; Mixing height

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; OPTICAL RADAR;

ACOUSTIC SOUNDING; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; SODAR MEASUREMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; CRITICAL EVALUATION; MIXING HEIGHT; SODAR;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 0031543377     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00231-8     Document Type: Article

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