The first successful typhoon eyewall-penetration reconnaissance flight mission conducted by the unmanned aerial vehicle, Aerosonde

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1481-1483

  Lin, Po Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

AEROSONDE; DATA-QUALITY CHECK; DOPPLER RADAR STATION; EYEWALL PENETRATION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33845369682     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-87-11-1481     Document Type: Article

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