Snodar: An acoustic radar for atmospheric turbulence profiling with 1 m resolution

Acoustics Australia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 47-51

  Bonner, C S ^a   Ashley, M C B ^a   Lawrence, J S ^a,b,c   Luong Van, D M ^a   Storey, J W V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC DESIGN; ACOUSTIC RADARS; ANTARCTICA; ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; IN-SITU CALIBRATION; MONOSTATIC; SITE CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CALIBRATION; OBSERVATORIES; RADAR; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 70349453851     PISSN: 08146039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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