Measurements of atmospheric turbulence with the dual-beamwidth method using the MST radar at Gadanki, India

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3291-3297

  Nastrom, G D ^a   Rao, P B ^b   Sivakumar, V ^c  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (instruments and techniques; turbulence; general or miscellaneous)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TURBULENCE;

EID: 7244232813     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3291-2004     Document Type: Article

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