A bistatic sodar for precision wind profiling in complex terrain

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1052-1061

  Bradley, Stuart ^a   Hünerbein, Sabine Von ^b   Mikkelsen, Torben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic measurements effects; Boundary layer; Remote sensing; Wind; Wind profilers; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE PROFILES; BISTATIC; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DATA AVAILABILITY; FIELD TEST; GROUND BASED; SCATTERED INTENSITY; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; TURBULENT VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILER; WIND PROFILING; WIND SHEARS; WIND VECTORS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; LIDAR; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SODAR; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84868218137     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00035.1     Document Type: Article

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