Summertime low-level jet characteristics measured by sodars over rural and urban areas

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-295

  Kallistratova, Margarita ^a   Kouznetsov, Rostislav D ^a   Kuznetsov, Dmitrii D ^a   Kuznetsova, Irina N ^b   Nakhaev, Murat ^b   Chirokova, Galina ^a  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER SODARS; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IN-SITU DATA; JET STREAMS; LOW LEVEL JET; MAXIMUM SPEED; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SURFACE LAYERS; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN AREAS; WIND SPEED; WIND TURNING; WIND VELOCITIES;

RURAL AREAS;

WIND POWER;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CORRELATION; DOPPLER SODAR; JET STREAM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77949736708     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0380     Document Type: Conference Paper

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