Dual-Doppler lidar observation of horizontal convective rolls and near-surface streaks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Iwai, Hironori ^a   Ishii, Shoken ^a   Tsunematsu, Nobumitsu ^a   Mizutani, Kohei ^a   Murayama, Yasuhiro ^a   Itabe, Toshikazu ^a   Yamada, Izumi ^b   Matayoshi, Naoki ^c   Matsushima, Dai ^d   Weiming, Sha ^e   Yamazaki, Takeshi ^e   Iwasaki, Toshiki ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERICS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPOSPHERE;

3-D STRUCTURES; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER LIDARS; EDDY SIMULATIONS; HORIZONTAL CONVECTIVE ROLLS; LINEAR THEORIES; SEA BREEZES; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURES; UPWARD FLOW; WIND FIELDS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER LIDAR; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND FIELD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; SENDAI; TOHOKU;

EID: 53749088607     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034571     Document Type: Article

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