Effects of Non-Uniform Crosswind Fields on Scintillometry Measurements

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-163

  Ward, H C ^a,b   Evans, J G ^a   Grimmond, C S B ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crosswinds; Scintillometry; Sensible heat flux; Spectra; Structure parameter

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CROSSWINDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX STRUCTURE PARAMETER; SCINTILLOMETRY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL SHAPES; STRUCTURE PARAMETER; THEORETICAL SPECTRA; WIND FIELD; WIND SPEED;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; HEAT FLUX; SPECTROSCOPY;

SCINTILLATION;

REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 80052293280     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9626-0     Document Type: Article

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