The accuracy of vertical air velocities from Doppler radar data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-117

  Matejka, Thomas ^a,b   Bartels, Diana L ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0002326920     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0092:TAOVAV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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