Comparison of boundary-layer profiles and layer detection by AMDAR and WTR/RASS at Frankfurt airport

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 407-432

  Drüe, Clemens ^a   Hauf, Thomas ^b   Hoff, Axel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft meteorological data relay (AMDAR); Airport terminal area; Inversion detection; Wind profiler

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT TERMINAL AREA; CONTINUOUS DATA; FRANKFURT AIRPORT; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; RADIO ACOUSTIC SOUNDING SYSTEMS; SHEAR LAYER; VERTICAL SOUNDING; WIND PROFILER; WIND TEMPERATURE; WIND VECTORS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRPORT BUILDINGS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

AIRCRAFT DETECTION;

AIRPORT; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR;

FRANKFURT; GERMANY;

EID: 77952546519     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9485-0     Document Type: Article

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