Atmospheric turbulence in complex terrain: Verifying numerical model results with observations by remote-sensing instruments

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 145-157

  Chan, P W ^a  

^a HONG KONG OBSERVATORY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DOPPLER LIDAR; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; LANTAU ISLAND;

EID: 63149098382     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-008-0342-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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