Low-Level Jets in the Moscow Region in Summer and Winter Observed with a Sodar Network

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-175

  Kallistratova, Margarita A ^a   Kouznetsov, Rostislav D ^a,b  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Low level jets; Sodar; Urban Boundary Layer

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; DOPPLER SODARS; ECHO-SIGNAL; LONG LASTING; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; LOW LEVEL JET; RURAL SITE; SODAR; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; DOPPLER SODAR; JET FLOW; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84857998111     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9639-8     Document Type: Article

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