The use of millimeter Doppler radar echoes to estimate vertical air velocities in the fair-weather convective boundary layer

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-246

  Geerts, Bart ^a   Miao, Qun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DOPPLER RADAR; HEAT CONVECTION; METEORITES; THERMAL PLUMES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND;

AIR ECHOES; AIR TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER (CBL); RADAR ECHOES;

AIR;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER RADAR; FLOW VELOCITY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17144396694     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1699.1     Document Type: Article

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