Scaling turbulent atmospheric stratification. III: Space-time stratification of passive scalars from lidar data

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 631 PART B, 2008, Pages 317-335

  Radkevich, A ^a,g   Lovejoy, S ^a,e   Strawbridge, K B ^b   Schertzer, D ^c,f   Lilley, M ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Universite Paris Est   (France)

^d INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^g CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric spectrum; Fractal; Lidar; Multifractal; Passive scalar

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; FRACTALS; OPTICAL RADAR; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; MULTIFRACTAL; PASSIVE SCALAR;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ADVECTION; ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LIDAR; MATRIX; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; UPSCALING; WIND;

EID: 44349183657     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.203     Document Type: Article

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