Doppler velocity signatures of idealized elliptical vortices

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 429-446

  Lee, Wen Chau ^a   Harasti, Paul R ^b   Bell, Michael ^a   Jou, Ben Jong Dao ^c   Chang, Mou Hsiang ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deformation wind field; Doppler winds; Elliptical vortex; GBVTD(Ground Based Velocity Track Display); Vortex Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; FLOW PATTERN; ROSSBY WAVE; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33746519075     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2006.17.2.429(A)     Document Type: Article

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