Can one detect small-scale turbulence from standard meteorological radiosondes?

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 795-804

  Wilson, R ^a   Dalaudier, F ^a   Luce, H ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NOISE; PROBABILITY; RADIOSONDE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 84879790297     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-795-2011     Document Type: Article

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