Airborne wind lidar measurements of vertical and horizontal winds for the investigation of orographically induced gravity waves

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1371-1386

  Witschas, Benjamin ^a   Rahm, Stephan ^a   Dörnbrack, Andreas ^a   Wagner, Johannes ^a   Rapp, Markus ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Gravity waves; Inertia gravity waves; Lidars Lidar observations

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; POWER SPECTRUM; WIND; WIND POWER;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; COHERENT DOPPLER WIND LIDARS; INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; LIDARS/LIDAR OBSERVATIONS; SPECTRAL ACCUMULATION; VELOCITY-AZIMUTH DISPLAY; WAVELET POWER SPECTRA;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVELENGTH; WIND VELOCITY;

KIRUNA; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN;

EID: 85016411064     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0021.1     Document Type: Article

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