Field intercomparison of prevailing sonic anemometers

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 249-263

  Mauder, Matthias ^a   Zeeman, Matthias J ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDDY COVARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROMETEOROLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSOR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 85040548069     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-11-249-2018     Document Type: Article

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