Research aircraft and wind profiler observations in Gastineau Channel during a Taku wind event

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-501

  Bond, Nicholas A ^a,b   Dierking, Carl F ^c   Doyle, James D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NWS Forecast Office ^*  (United States)

^c NWS Forecast Office   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; AVIATION; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZARDS; KINETIC ENERGY; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

TAKU WIND EVENT; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WIND PROFILER;

WIND;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIELD METHOD; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR;

ALASKA; GASTINEAU CHANNEL; JUNEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TAKU;

EID: 33748539705     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF932.1     Document Type: Article

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