Refractivity structure constant and length scales from mm-wave propagation in the stably stratified troposphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 435-447

  Lüdi, Andreas ^a,b   Magun, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ARMASUISSE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anisotropic turbulence; Length scales of turbulence; Millimeter wave propagation; Stable earth atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASTRONOMY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TURBULENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

LENGTH SCALES; REFRACTIVITY STRUCTURE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE ANISOTROPY;

TROPOSPHERE;

REFRACTIVE INDEX; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 13844305929     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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