Measuring entrainment, divergence, and vorticity on the mesoscale from aircraft

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1384-1400

  Lenschow, Donald H ^a   Krummel, Paul B ^b   Siems, Steven T ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; MESOSCALE MOTION; VORTICITY;

EID: 0033382741     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1384:MEDAVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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