Stability and turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer: A comparison of remote sensing and tower observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Friedrich, Katja ^a   Lundquist, Julie K ^a,b   Aitken, Matthew ^a   Kalina, Evan A ^a   Marshall, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MONITORING; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; STABILITY; TOWERS; WIND POWER; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIOMETERS; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; HUMIDITY PROFILE; IN-SITU; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MIXING RATIOS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS; PREVAILING WINDS; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SENSING DEVICES; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; HUMIDITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MIXING RATIO; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND POWER; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; RADIOMETER; WIND FARM;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES; BOULDER;

EID: 84856863657     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050413     Document Type: Article

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