Instrument configuration for dual-Doppler lidar coplanar scans: METCRAX II

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cherukuru, Nihanth Wagmi ^a   Calhoun, Ronald ^a   Lehner, Manuela ^b   Hoch, Sebastian W ^b   Whiteman, C David ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

coplanar scans; Doppler wind lidar; dual Doppler lidar; METCRAX II; warm air intrusions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER EFFECT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METEOR IMPACTS; METEORITES;

COPLANAR SCANS; DOPPLER WIND LIDAR; DUAL-DOPPLER-LIDAR; METCRAX-II; WARM AIR;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84922569192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.9.096090     Document Type: Article

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