The Lidars in Flat Terrain (LIFT) Experiment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1329-1343

  Cohn, Stephen A ^a   Mayor, Shane D ^b   Grund, Christian J ^c   Weckwerth, Tammy M ^d   Senff, Christoph ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e LightWorks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032450080     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<1329:TLIFTL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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