Turbulence characteristics over tropical station Gadanki (13.5N, 79.2E) estimated using high-resolution GPS radiosonde data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Nath, Debashis ^a   Venkat Ratnam, M ^a   Patra, A K ^a   Krishna Murthy, B V ^b   Bhaskar Rao, S Vijaya ^c  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b B1 CEEBROS ^*  (India)

^c SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PROBABILITY; RADIOSONDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY DISSIPATION RATE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; RADIOSONDE DATAS; RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX GRADIENTS; REFRACTIVITY STRUCTURES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SCALE SIZES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SORTING METHOD; STRUCTURE CONSTANTS; TROPICAL LATITUDES; TROPICAL STATIONS; TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TURBULENCE PARAMETERS; TURBULENCE PROFILE; TURBULENT EDDY; TURBULENT LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CORRELATION; DATA SET; DIFFUSIVITY; DISSIPATION; GPS; HUMIDITY; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOSONDE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESOLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

GADANKI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77951054062     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012347     Document Type: Article

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