Analysis of wind data in the low atmosphere from a RASS sodar

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 415-426

  Perez I A ^a   Garcia M A ^a   Sanchez M L ^a   De Torre, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SODAR; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WIND; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 33751108267     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-415-2006     Document Type: Article

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