Linearly organized turbulence structures observed over a suburban area by Dual-Doppler lidar

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-130

  Newsom, Rob ^a   Calhoun, Ron ^b   Ligon, David ^c   Allwine, Jerry ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Doppler lidar; Horizontal winds; Integral length scale; Urban flow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; OPTICAL RADAR; WIND;

COHERENT STRUCTURES; INTEGRAL LENGTH SCALE; URBAN FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; OPTICAL RADAR; WIND;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; DOPPLER LIDAR; SUBURBAN AREA; TURBULENCE; URBAN CLIMATE;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39949083222     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9243-0     Document Type: Article

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