Analysis of surface wind and roughness length evolution with fetch using a combination of airborne lidar and radar measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Flamant, Cyrille ^a   Pelon, Jacques ^a   Hauser, Daniéle ^b   Quentin, Céline ^b   Drennan, William M ^c   Gohin, Francis ^d   Chapron, Bertrand ^d   Gourrion, Jrome ^d  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; RADAR; SURFACE WIND;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0142091312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001405     Document Type: Article

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