On the use of slow ascent meter-scale sampling (SAMS) radiosondes for observing overturning events in the free atmosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 766-775

  Balsley, Ben B ^a   Kantha, Lakshmi ^b   Colgan, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCENT RATE; ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; METER SCALE; SAMS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

RADIOSONDES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIOSONDE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77953485047     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1310.1     Document Type: Article

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