A multiple-Doppler synthesis and continuity adjustment technique (MUSCAT) to recover wind components from Doppler radar measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 343-359

  Bousquet, Olivier ^a   Chong, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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EID: 0001243027     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<0343:AMDSAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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