Airborne Doppler lidar measurements of valley flows in complex coastal terrain

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1558-1574

  De Wekker, S F J ^a   Godwin, K S ^a   Emmitt, G D ^b   Greco, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SIMPSON WEATHER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Lidars Lidar observations; Mountain meteorology

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; CLEAR SKY; COASTAL TERRAIN; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DOPPLER LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; DOPPLER LIDARS; LIDAR DATA; RETURN FLOW; SEA-BREEZE; SHALLOW SEA; SLOPE FLOW; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; THERMALLY DRIVEN; UP-VALLEY WINDS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DOPPLER EFFECT; OPTICAL RADAR;

LANDFORMS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLEAR SKY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DOPPLER LIDAR; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEA BREEZE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND;

CALIFORNIA; SALINAS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864778386     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-10-05034.1     Document Type: Article

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