Reinterpreting aircraft measurements in anisotropic scaling turbulence

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5007-5025

  Lovejoy, S ^a   Tuck, A F ^b   Schertzer, D ^c,d   Hovde, S J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALTITUDE; ENERGY FLUX; HUMIDITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WIND FIELD;

EID: 70749145184     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-5007-2009     Document Type: Article

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