The eyewall-penetration reconnaissance observation of Typhoon Longwang (2005) with unmanned aerial vehicle, aerosonde

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-25

  Lin, Po Hsiung ^a   Lee, Cheng Shang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MONITORING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIND;

AEROSONDE; WEATHER MONITORING; WIND SPEED;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MONITORING; STORMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIND;

DOPPLER RADAR; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; SURFACE WIND; TYPHOON; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 38949141569     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA914.1     Document Type: Article

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