Instantaneous fluctuations of temperature and moisture in the upper troposphere and tropopause region. Part 2: Structure functions and intermittency

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-337

  Dotzek, Nikolai ^a   Gierens, Klaus ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONVECTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 58049110488     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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