The Duke University helicopter observation platform

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 939-954

  Avissar, Roni ^a,e   Holder, Heidi E ^a   Abehserra, Nathan ^a   Bolch, M Adam ^a   Novick, K ^b   Canning, Patrick ^a   Prince, Katya ^c   Magalhaes, Jose ^a   Matayoshi, Naoki ^d   Katul, G ^b   Walko, Robert L ^a   Johnson, Kristina M ^a,f  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Prince Consulting LLC   (United States)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LIDARS; CURRENT SENSORS; DUKE UNIVERSITY; EARTH'S SURFACE; EDDY CORRELATIONS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LOW ALTITUDES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; RECORDING SYSTEMS; SCALAR FLUXES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DATA VISUALIZATION; HELICOPTERS; OPTICAL RADAR; SENSORS;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

EID: 68949213763     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2628.1     Document Type: Article

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