Airborne radar observations of the flight behavior of small insects in the atmospheric convective boundary layer

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 361-377

  Geerts, Bart ^a   Miao, Qun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Convection; Doppler radar; Insect plumes; Microinsect flight

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER RADAR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; INSECT;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 16844368928     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.2.361     Document Type: Article

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