A volume-imaging radar wind profiler for atmospheric boundary layer turbulence studies

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 849-859

  Mead, James B ^a,b   Hopcraft, Geoffrey ^a   Frasier, Stephen J ^a   Pollard, Brian D ^a   Cherry, Christopher D ^a,c   Schaubert, Daniel H ^a   Mcintosh, Robert E ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Quadrant Engineering   (United States)

^c MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; RADAR; TURBULENCE; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0032449812     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<0849:AVIRWP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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