On the use of lidar images of smoke plumes to measure dispersion parameters in the stable boundary layer

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1150-1154

  Hiscox, April L ^a   Nappo, Carmen J ^b   Miller, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

DISPERSION PARAMETERS; LIDAR IMAGES; SMOKE PLUMES;

SMOKE;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; SMOKE; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; RADAR IMAGERY; SMOKE;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARIES; FOREST CANOPY; IMAGES; PLUMES; RADAR; SMOKE; TUNNELS; WIND;

EID: 33747872079     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1896.1     Document Type: Article

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