Investigation of turbulent processes in the lower troposphere with water vapor DIAL and radar-RASS

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1055-1076

  Wulfmeyer, V ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR ASTRONOMY; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; WIND;

BALTIC SEA EXPERIMENT; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR; LATENT HEAT FLUX MEASUREMENT; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; INSTRUMENTATION; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0033560462     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1055:IOTPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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