A Comparison of Higher-Order Vertical Velocity Moments in the Convective Boundary Layer from Lidar with In Situ Measurements and Large-Eddy Simulation

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-123

  Lenschow, Donald H ^a   Lothon, Marie ^b   Mayor, Shane D ^c   Sullivan, Peter P ^a   Canut, Guylaine ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Centre de Recherches Atmospheriques   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher order moments; Lidar measurements; Turbulence statistics; Velocity moments; Vertical velocity

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRID RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION DOPPLER LIDARS; HIGHER MOMENTS; HIGHER ORDER; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OPTICAL RADAR; VELOCITY;

HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER LIDAR; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LIDAR; NOAA SATELLITE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84858000869     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9615-3     Document Type: Article

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