Wavelet-based optical flow for two-component wind field estimation from single aerosol lidar data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1759-1778

  Dérian, Pierre ^a   Mauzey, Christopher F ^a   Mayor, Shane D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW FIELDS; HURRICANES; MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTICAL FLOWS; WIND;

BACKSCATTER LIDAR; FILTERING EFFECTS; MOTION ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; REMOTE MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; VECTOR FLOW FIELDS; WIND FIELD ESTIMATION; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIDAR; MODEL TEST; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND FIELD;

CALIFORNIA; CHICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946568996     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0010.1     Document Type: Article

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