L band wind profiler observations of convective boundary layer over Gadanki, India (13.5°N, 79.2°E)

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Kumar, Karanam Kishore ^a   Jain, A R ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOSONDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER (CBL); RADIOSONDE FLIGHTS; REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS; VHF/L BAND WIND PROFILERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 33745311343     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003259     Document Type: Article

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