Spatial variations of sensible heat flux over an urban area measured using Doppler lidar

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-380

  Davis, J C ^a   Collier, C G ^a   Davies, F ^a   Bozier, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Doppler lidar; Sensible heat flux measurements; Surface roughness; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ENERGY BALANCE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE;

DOPPLER LIDARS; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PRACTICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TRAJECTORY MODELING; URBAN AREAS;

HEAT FLUX;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA INTERPRETATION; DOPPLER LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TERRAIN; TURBULENCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 52949127980     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.79     Document Type: Article

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