Preliminary estimates of the vertical profiles of inner and outer scales from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, VHF radar observations

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 895-903

  Eaton, Frank D ^a   Nastrom, Gregory D ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; RADAR MEASUREMENT; WIND; MISSILES; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL;

EDDY DISSIPATION; KINEMATIC VISCOSITY;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EDDY DISSIPATION RATE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RELIABLE RESULTS; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE;

EID: 0032117381     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS01254     Document Type: Article

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