Turbulence measurements by the DC-8 meteorological measurement system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1355-1358

  Chan, K R ^a   Dean Day, J ^b   Bowen, S W ^b   Bui, T P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; WAKES;

METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (MMS); TURBULENT DISSIPATION RATE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERE; DISSIPATION; INSTRUMENTATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032075905     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03590     Document Type: Article

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