Inexpensive time-lapse digital cameras for studying transient meteorological phenomena: Dust devils and playa flooding

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 246-256

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a,b   Jackson, Brian ^b   Barnes, Jason W ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE BATTERIES; ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; CUMULUS CLOUD; DEATH VALLEY; DESERT DUST; DUST DEVILS; FIELD DEPLOYMENT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NATIONAL PARKS; PLAYA LAKE; REMOTE LOCATION; SENSOR INPUTS; SOLID-STATE MEMORY;

ARID REGIONS; CLOUDS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DUST; LANDFORMS; PARKS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

CAMERAS;

ARID REGION; CUMULUS; DIGITAL IMAGE; DUST DEVIL; FLOODING; METEOROLOGY; PLAYA; SENSOR;

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952517135     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1312.1     Document Type: Article

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