Retrieval of convective boundary layer wind field statistics from radar profiler measurements in conjunction with large eddy simulation

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-187

  Scipión, Danny ^a,b   Palmer, Robert ^b   Chilson, Phillip ^b   Fedorovich, Evgeni ^b   Botnick, Aaron ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA FIELDS; DISSIPATION RATES; DOPPLER; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; FLOW DATA; INVERSION LAYER; MEAN FLOW; MEAN-WINDS; MIXING LAYERS; OUTPUT DATA; RADAR BEAM; RADAR PROFILERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; STRONG TURBULENCE; THIRD-ORDER; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE PARAMETERS; UNDERLYING SURFACE; VARIANCE ESTIMATE; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VIRTUAL BOUNDARY; WEAK TURBULENCE; WIND FIELD; WIND PARAMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW STRUCTURE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADAR; TURBULENCE; WIND FIELD;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68249160887     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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