The signature of mid-latitude convection observed by VHF wind-profiling radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Hooper, D A ^a   McDonald, A J ^b   Pavelin, E ^c,d   Carey Smith, T K ^e   Pascoe, C L ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; SATELLITES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WIND; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; HEAT CONVECTION; RADAR IMAGING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AIR MOTION; AIR VELOCITY; MID-LATITUDE CONVECTION; WIND-PROFILING RADAR;

HEAT CONVECTION; RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; RADAR;

HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MID-LATITUDE CONVECTION; TERMINAL VELOCITY; THERMAL INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; VERTICAL AIR VELOCITY; WIND PROFILER DATA; WIND-PROFILING RADAR;

EID: 19744367485     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020401     Document Type: Article

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