Latent heat flux measurements over complex terrain by airborne water vapour and wind lidars

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 190-203

  Kiemle, Christoph ^a   Wirth, Martin ^a   Fix, Andreas ^a   Rahm, Stephan ^a   Corsmeier, Ulrich ^b   Di Girolamo, Paolo ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Differential absorption lidar; Turbulent moisture flux

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LIDAR; AT-WAVELENGTH; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA GAP; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; DISSIPATION RATE OF TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; DOPPLER WIND LIDAR; GERMANY; GROUND BASED; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENT NOISE; TURBULENT MOISTURE FLUX; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WATER VAPOUR; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND LIDAR;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; INSTRUMENTS; KINETIC ENERGY; LANDFORMS; LATENT HEAT; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

OPTICAL RADAR;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LIDAR; MOISTURE FLUX; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER VAPOR;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; GERMANY; RHINE VALLEY;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 79951886023     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.757     Document Type: Article

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