A stereo photogrammetric technique applied to orographic convection

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2265-2277

  Zehnder, Joseph A ^a   Hu, Jiuxiang ^b   Razdan, Anshuman ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OROGRAPHIC CONVECTION; TROPOPAUSE;

DIGITAL CAMERAS; DOPPLER RADAR; REFLECTION; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD; DIGITAL IMAGE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; STEREO IMAGE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447336649     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3401.1     Document Type: Article

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