Measurement of turbulence spectra using scanning pulsed wind lidars

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sathe, A ^a,b   Mann, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; SCANNING; TENSORS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

BEAM ANGLE; INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA; LINE-OF-SIGHT; MEAN WIND SPEED; SAMPLING RATES; SPECTRAL ENERGY; TENSOR MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE SPECTRUM; TURBULENT VELOCITY; VELOCITY FIELD; VELOCITY SPECTRUM; VELOCITY TENSOR; WAVE NUMBERS; WIND LIDAR;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; DIAMETER; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84855671977     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016786     Document Type: Article

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