Three-dimensional wind retrieval: Application of MUSCAT to dual-Doppler lidar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 635-646

  Drechsel, Susanne ^a   Chong, Michel ^b   Mayr, Georg J ^a   Weissmann, Martin ^c   Calhoun, Ronald ^d   Dörnback, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D WIND FIELDS; 3-D WINDS; ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DOPPLER; DOPPLER LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; DOPPLER LIDARS; FIELD CAMPAIGNS; RADIAL WINDS; RETRIEVAL METHODS; SCAN DURATIONS; SPATIAL COVERAGES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) WINDS; TIME AND SPACES; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY-AZIMUTH DISPLAYS; VERTICAL RESOLUTIONS; WEATHER RADARS; WIND PROFILERS; WIND PROFILES; WIND RETRIEVALS; WIND SPEED;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CLOUDS; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; FLOW PATTERNS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; AZIMUTH; DOPPLER LIDAR; DOPPLER RADAR; FLOW PATTERN; SMOOTHING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549100134     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1115.1     Document Type: Article

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