A three-dimensional variational approach for deriving the thermodynamic structure using doppler wind observations - An application to a subtropical squall line

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1443-1454

  Liou, Yu Cheng ^a   Chen Wang, Tai Chi ^a   Chung, Kao Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

SUBTROPICAL SQUALL LINES; WIND MEASUREMENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DOPPLER RADAR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SQUALL LINE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 0344982987     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1443:ATVAFD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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