Observations of atmospheric structure and dynamics in the Owens Valley of California with a ground-based, eye-safe, scanning aerosol lidar

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1483-1499

  de Wekker, Stephan F J ^a   Mayor, Shane D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL LIDARS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA; BREAKING WAVES; CALIFORNIA; DATA SETS; DRAINAGE FLOWS; EYE-SAFE; GROUND BASED; HIGH WINDS; INDUCED WAVES; LIDAR DATA; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRO-SCALES; MOUNTAIN RANGES; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; PLAN POSITION INDICATORS; QUIESCENT CONDITIONS; RAMAN-SHIFTED EYE-SAFE AEROSOL LIDARS; RANGE-HEIGHT INDICATORS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; ROTORLIKE CIRCULATION; SCANNING MODE; SHEAR INSTABILITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CROSS SECTIONS; UPSLOPE FLOWS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLOUDS; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; SCANNING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BREAKING WAVE; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VISUALIZATION; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849096652     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2034.1     Document Type: Article

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