Probability distributions for the inner scale and the refractive index structure parameter and their implications for flux averaging

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1316-1329

  Andreas, Edgar L ^a   Fairall, Christopher W ^b   Persson, P Ola G ^c   Guest, Peter S ^d  

^a US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

TIME AVERAGING TECHNIQUES;

METEOROLOGY;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0142072509     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1316:PDFTIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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