The finescale response of lowered ADCP velocity measurements processed with different methods

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 597-600

  Thurnherr, A M ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOWERED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; PROCESSING METHOD; SPECTRAL CORRECTION; VERTICAL SHEAR; WAVE NUMBERS;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SHEAR FLOW;

CURRENT VELOCITY; DATA INVERSION; DOPPLER RADAR; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PROFILER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864760752     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00158.1     Document Type: Article

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