Use of a vertical vorticity equation in variational dual-doppler wind analysis

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2089-2106

  Shapiro, Alan ^a   Potvin, Corey K ^a   Gao, Jidong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELTRAMI FLOW; COUNTER ROTATING; DOPPLER WINDS; FROZEN-TURBULENCE HYPOTHESIS; LEAST SQUARES ERRORS; MASS CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OBSERVATION POINT; PSEUDO-OBSERVATIONS; RADIAL WINDS; SCAN MODE; SENSITIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SMOOTHNESS; VALUE ADDED; VERTICAL VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VERTICAL VORTICITY; VORTICITY EQUATION; WEIGHTING COEFFICIENT;

COST ACCOUNTING; ERRORS; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WIND;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

DOPPLER RADAR; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

EID: 73149087887     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1256.1     Document Type: Article

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