A dual-beamwidth radar method for measuring atmospheric turbulent kinetic energy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 13-1-13-4

  Vanzandt, T E ^a   Nastrom, G D ^b   Furumoto, J ^c   Tsuda, T ^c   Clark, W L ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; RADAR; WIND;

VELOCITY VARIANCE;

GEOPHYSICS;

KINETIC ENERGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADAR; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037098818     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014283     Document Type: Article

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