GPS dropwindsonde wind profiles in hurricanes and their operational implications

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-44

  Franklin, James L ^a   Black, Michael L ^b   Valde, Krystal ^a  

^a NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUILDING CODES; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; TALL BUILDINGS; WIND;

ADJUSTMENT FACTORS; FRICTIONAL BOUNDARIES; GPS DROPWINDSONDE; HIGH RISE BUILDING; OPERATIONAL PRACTICES; PROFILE STRUCTURE; SURFACE WIND SPEED; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURES;

HURRICANES;

EID: 0242524075     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0032:GDWPIH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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