Autocorrelation analysis of meteorological data from a RASS sodar

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1213-1223

  Pérez, Isidro A ^a   García, M Ángeles ^a   Sánchez, M Luisa ^a   De Torre, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; RADAR; RADIO EQUIPMENT; SOUNDING APPARATUS; WIND;

AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLICAL PROCESSES; HARMONIC FUNCTIONS; WIND SPEED;

METEOROLOGY;

AUTOCORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SODAR; TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 4444247213     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<1213:AAOMDF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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