Investigation of the turbulent structure of a cloud-capped mixed layer using doppler radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1170-1190

  Pinsky, M ^a   Krasnov, O ^b   Russchenberg, H W J ^b   Khain, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Cloud cover; Mixed layer; Radar observations; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; ATMOSPHERIC RADARS; BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; CLOUD BASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISSIPATION RATES; DOPPLER VELOCITY; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LARGE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVED DATA; RADAR DATA; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SCALING PARAMETER; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; TRAJECTORY ENSEMBLE MODELS; TURBULENT DISSIPATION RATES; TURBULENT STRUCTURES; VERTICAL AIR VELOCITY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ANISOTROPY; CLOUD COVER; CORRELATION; DOPPLER RADAR; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CABAUW; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT;

EID: 77955522439     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2280.1     Document Type: Article

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