High-resolution observations of insects in the atmospheric boundary layer

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2176-2187

  Contreras, Robert F ^a   Frasier, Stephen J ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; BRAGG SCATTERINGS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DIURNAL SIGNALS; EQUIVALENT REFLECTIVITIES; FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS-WAVE RADARS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; NUMBER DENSITIES; OKLAHOMA; REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; S-BAND RADARS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR CROSS SECTION; REFLECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TROPOSPHERE;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INSECT; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; TURBULENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; PORPHYRA UMBILICALIS;

EID: 65549169906     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1059.1     Document Type: Article

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