A dual-wavelength radar technique for measuring the turbulent energy dissipation rate ε

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2537-2540

  VanZandt, T E ^a   Clark, W L ^a   Gage, K S ^b   Williams, C R ^b   Ecklund, W L ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; RADAR; TURBULENT FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADAR REFLECTION; RAIN; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; THUNDERSTORMS;

ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION; DUAL WAVELENGTH RADAR; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RELATIVE CALIBRATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

DIURNAL VARIATION; DUAL WAVELENGTH RADAR; HILLS MODEL; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE;

EID: 0034352686     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011628     Document Type: Article

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