The coupling of vertical velocity and signal power observed with the SOUSY VHF radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 114-119

  Nastrom, G D ^a,b   Ruster R ^a   Schmidt, G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GRAVITATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RADAR REFLECTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

STATIC STABILITY; VERTICAL MOMENTUM FLUX; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WIND PROFILER RADARS;

WIND;

GRAVITY WAVE; RADAR; SOUSY VHF;

EID: 0031860274     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0114:TCOVVA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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