Simulation of wind profiles from a space-borne Doppler wind lidar

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 594 PART A, 2003, Pages 3079-3098

  Marseille, G J ^a   Stoffelen, A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aeolus; Atmospheric Dynamics Mission; Cloud penetration; Direct detection; Line of sight wind component

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITES; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DETECTION METHOD; DOPPLER LIDAR; INSTRUMENTATION; SATELLITE SENSOR; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0142184794     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/003590003769682183     Document Type: Article

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