Research radar analyses of the internal boundary layer over Cape Canaveral, Florida, during the landfall of Hurricane Frances (2004)

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1349-1372

  Hirth, Brian D ^a   Schroeder, John L ^a   Weiss, Christopher C ^a   Smith, Douglas A ^b   Biggerstaff, Michael I ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; KINEMATIC STRUCTURES; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SHARED MOBILE ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND TEACHINGS; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DAMAGE DETECTION; DOPPLER RADAR; HURRICANES; KINEMATICS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

RESEARCH;

AIRCRAFT; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA ASSIMILATION; GPS; HURRICANE FRANCES 2004; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VELOCITY;

CAPE CANAVERAL; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874889495     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-12-00014.1     Document Type: Article

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