Remote sensing winds in complex terrain - a review

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 547-555

  Bradley, Stuart ^a   Strehz, Alexander ^a   Emeis, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Inhomogeneous wind fields; Remote sensing; Wind error correction; Wind profiles

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; FLOW STRUCTURE; REMOTE SENSING; WIND; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84939533527     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/metz/2015/0640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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