Vorticity from line-of-sight lidar velocity scans

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2683-2690

  Weissmann, Martin ^a   Dornbrack, Andreas ^a   Doyle, James D ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; CROSS SECTION; DOPPLER WIND LIDAR; GROUND-BASED DOPPLER LIDAR; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; LINE-OF-SIGHT; MEAN-SQUARE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POLAR COORDINATE; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VORTICITY FLUCTUATIONS;

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL RADAR;

VORTICITY;

DOPPLER LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; VORTICITY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 69849083735     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1260.1     Document Type: Article

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