Vertical velocity statistics in continental stratocumulus as measured by a 94GHz radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1177-1180

  Babb, D M ^a   Verlinde, J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DOPPLER EFFECT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PHASE SHIFT; RADAR; VELOCITY; CLOUDS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION;

CLOUD RADAR; DOPPLER SPECTRUM; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUD FIELD; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

CLOUDS; VELOCITY;

STRATOCUMULUS; VELOCITY PROFILE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CLOUD RADAR; DOPPLER; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; MEAN VELOCITIES; POWER-SPECTRA; SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

EID: 0033560473     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900185     Document Type: Article

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