Comment on "reinterpreting aircraft measurement in anisotropic scaling turbulence" by Lovejoy et al. (2009)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1401-1402

  Lindborg, E ^a   Tung, K K ^b   Nastrom, G D ^c   N Cho, J Y ^d   Gage, K S ^e  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; KINETIC ENERGY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 76349103302     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-1401-2010     Document Type: Review

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