A multisodar approach to wind profiling

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1165-1174

  Behrens, Paul ^a   Bradley, Stuart ^a   Wiens, Travis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic measurements; Lidar observations; Lidars; Remote sensing; Wind

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BEAMS; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DRIVING FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; INHOMOGENEITIES; LIDAR OBSERVATION; LIDAR OBSERVATIONS; LIDARS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; VERTICAL BEAMS; WIND PROFILING; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTICS; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

DOPPLER LIDAR; DOPPLER SODAR; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77955569742     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1345.1     Document Type: Article

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