Vertical velocity variance in the mixed layer from radar wind profilers

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 301-307

  Eng, Ken ^a   Coulter, Richard L ^b   Brutsaert, Wilfried ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Radar; Turbulence; Turbulent boundary layers; Variance analysis; Wind; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DATA POINTS; VERTICAL SHEARING;

HYDROLOGY;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344984225     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2003)8:6(301)     Document Type: Article

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