Estimation of a humidity profile using turbulence echo characteristics

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1214-1222

  Tsuda, T ^a   Miyamoto, M ^a   furumoto, J I ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

RADIO ACOUSTIC SOUNDING SYSTEMS (RASS);

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT; HUMIDITY; RADAR; RADIOSONDE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0035387675     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1214:EOAHPU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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