Local structure of the convective boundary layer from a volume-imaging radar

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2281-2296

  Pollard, B D ^a   Khanna, S ^a   Frasier, S J ^a   Wyngaard, J C ^a   Thomson, D W ^a   McIntosh, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; RADAR IMAGING;

VOLUME IMAGING RADAR SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EVOLUTION; RADAR IMAGERY;

PENNSYLVANIA; ROCK SPRINGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034233302     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2281:LSOTCB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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