Ground-based remote retrievals of cumulus entrainment rates

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1460-1471

  Wagner, Timothy J ^a   Turner, David D ^b   Berg, Larry K ^c   Krueger, Steven K ^d  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE OBSERVATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; INFORMATION CONTENT ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL ESTIMATIONS; SHALLOW CUMULUS CLOUDS; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS;

CLOUDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; ALGORITHM; CUMULUS; ENTRAINMENT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84881342252     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00187.1     Document Type: Article

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