Wind profiler and RASS measurements compared with measurements from a 450-m-tall tower

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 818-825

  Angevine, Wayne M ^a,b   Bakwin, Peter S ^b,c   Davis, Kenneth J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA Climate Monitoring D ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0032413797     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<0818:WPARMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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