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Structure of the vertical velocity field analyzed with a Doppler Sodar

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Fifteen hours of Sodar echoes, collected during the 4th Environmental CEC Campaign at Turbigo, Italy, in September 1979, have been analyzed. We discuss the vertical profiles and the time evolution of the second and third statistical moments of the vertical component of wind velocity, measured at a rate of one height-profile every 6 s for a height range of 1000 m and a vertical resolution of 29 m. We also analyze the power spectra of the vertical velocity.

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  1. Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera, CNR, Frascati, Italy

    Angelo Ricotta

  2. Istituto di Fisica dell'Università, Roma, Italy

    Massimo Berico

  3. Istituto di Fisica Cosmica e Informatica, CNR, Palermo, Italy

    Salvatore Mazzola

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Ricotta, A., Berico, M. & Mazzola, S. Structure of the vertical velocity field analyzed with a Doppler Sodar. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 27, 311–325 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02033742

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