Scintillometer wind measurements over complex terrain

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-26

  Poggio, Lionel P ^a,c   Furger, Markus ^a   Prévôt, André S H ^a   Graber, Werner K ^a   Andreas, Edgar L ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAIN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL METHOD; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0034091141     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0017:SWMOCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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