Detection of organized airflow in the atmospheric boundary layer and the free atmosphere using a 3D-scanning coherent Doppler lidar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7382, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fujiyoshi, Y ^a   Yamashita, K ^a   Fujiwara, C ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosol cloud interaction; Doppler lidar; Laminar structure; Organized airflow

Indexed keywords

3D-SCANNING; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA; CIRRUS CLOUDS; COHERENT DOPPLER LIDAR; DOPPLER LIDARS; DOWNBURSTS; EARTH ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; KEY FACTORS; LAMINAR STRUCTURE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; MAMMATUS CLOUDS; SEA-BREEZE FRONTS; SIMULATED STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; DOPPLER EFFECT; EARTH (PLANET); GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OPTICAL RADAR; SIMULATORS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

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EID: 70450158456     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.835943     Document Type: Conference Paper

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