Boundary layer height and entrainment zone thickness measured by lidars and wind-profiling radars

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1233-1247

  Cohn, S A ^a   Angevine, W M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MOISTURE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; UHF DEVICES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ENTRAINMENT ZONE THICKNESS; WIND-PROFILING RADARS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LIDAR; RADAR; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0034253129     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<1233:BLHAEZ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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