An Optimal Inverse Method Using Doppler Lidar Measurements to Estimate the Surface Sensible Heat Flux

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-67

  Dunbar, T M ^a   Barlow, J F ^a   Belcher, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Doppler lidar; Inverse methods; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; DOPPLER LIDARS; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; INVERSE METHODS; ROBUST OBSERVATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WIND;

HEAT FLUX;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER LIDAR; ENERGY BALANCE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ENERGY; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84891851168     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9858-2     Document Type: Article

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