An algorithm for the detection of fronts in wind profiler data

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 234-247

  Lucas, Christopher ^a   May, Peter T ^b   Vincent, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRAVITY WAVES; PROFILOMETRY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

WIND PROFILER;

WIND;

ALGORITHM; BAROCLINIC WAVE; DETECTION METHOD; FRONTAL FEATURE; TROPOPAUSE; WIND PROFILE;

(SOUTH); AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035298067     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2001)016<0234:AAFTDO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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