Wind speed and shear associated with low-level jets over Northern Germany

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-304

  Emeis, Stefan ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatology; Critical shear; Energy meteorology; Low level jet; SODAR data; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATOLOGY; JET STREAM; SODAR; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

GERMANY; HANNOVER; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 84925459183     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2014/0551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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