Convective Boundary-Layer Entrainment: Short Review and Progress using Doppler Lidar

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-391

  Traumner K ^a   Kottmeier, Ch ^a   Corsmeier, U ^a   Wieser, A ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Doppler lidar; Entrainment

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVECTIVE VELOCITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENT PROCESS; DOPPLER LIDAR; DOPPLER LIDARS; ENTRAINMENT VELOCITIES; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SCALING PARAMETER; STABILITY PARAMETERS; TURBULENT LAYER; VELOCITY SCALE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; OPTICAL RADAR; VELOCITY;

AIR ENTRAINMENT;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CORRELATION; DOPPLER LIDAR; ENTRAINMENT; FLOW STABILITY; FLOW VELOCITY; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 80855130546     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9657-6     Document Type: Review

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