KITcube - A mobile observation platform for convection studies deployed during HyMeX

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 633-647

  Kalthoff, Norbert ^a   Adler, Bianca ^a   Wieser, Andreas ^a   Kohler, Martin ^a   Träumner, Katja ^a   Handwerker, Jan ^a   Corsmeier, Ulrich ^a   Khodayar, Samiro ^a   Lambert, Dominique ^b   Kopmann, Andreas ^a   Kunka, Norbert ^a   Dick, Galina ^c   Ramatschi, Markus ^c   Wickert, Jens ^c   Kottmeier, Christoph ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection; HyMeX; Observation platform

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADAR; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ENERGY BALANCE COMPONENTS; HYMEX; INTENSIVE OBSERVATION PERIODS; OBSERVATION PLATFORM; PRECIPITATION PROPERTIES; TURBULENT CHARACTERISTICS; WEATHER FORECAST MODELS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD; ENERGY BALANCE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TURBULENCE;

CORSE; FRANCE;

EID: 84897061937     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0542     Document Type: Article

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