Characterization of aircraft wake vortices by 2-μm pulsed Doppler lidar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 194-206

  Köpp, Friedrich ^a   Rahm, Stephan ^a   Smalikho, Igor ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

TILT ANGLE; VORTEX DECAY;

WAKES;

AIRCRAFT; DATA PROCESSING; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; VORTEX; WAKE;

EID: 1842731691     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0194:COAWVB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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