Ground-based measurements and dual-Doppler analysis of 3-D wind fields and atmospheric circulations induced by a meso-γ-scale inland lake

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Asefi Najafabady, Salvi ^a   Knupp, Kevin ^a   Mecikalski, John R ^a   Welch, Ronald M ^a   Phillips, Dustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; DOPPLER EFFECT; LAKES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

3-D WIND FIELDS; 3D VISUALIZATION; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BACKGROUND WINDS; BREEZE CIRCULATION; DOPPLER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL ZONES; GLOBAL FORECAST MODELS; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; KINEMATIC STRUCTURES; LAND AREAS; MAJOR AXIS; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE PROCESS; POINT MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE IMAGES; VERTICAL VORTICITY; WIND FLOW;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATOLOGY; DOPPLER EFFECT; FORECASTING METHOD; LAKE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSCALE EDDY; PERTURBATION; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORELINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPDRAFT; VELOCITY; VISUALIZATION; VORTICITY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

EID: 78650009236     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014022     Document Type: Article

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