Turbulence patch identification in potential density or temperature profiles

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 977-993

  Wilson, Richard ^a,b,c   Luce, Hubert ^d   Dalaudier, Francis ^b,e   Lefrère, Jacques ^a,b,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^e STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

Statistics; Temperature; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DATA; BALLOON FLIGHTS; DATA RANGES; DATA SAMPLE; DATA SETS; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ BILLOWS; MEASUREMENT NOISE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NOISE RATIO; POTENTIAL DENSITY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SELECTION PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS TEST; STRATIFIED FLUID; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TURBULENT REGIONS; UNSTABLE REGIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TESTING; TURBULENCE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; DATA SET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OVERTURN; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATIFIED FLUID; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77955520903     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1357.1     Document Type: Article

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