Doppler radar spectral width broadening due to beamwidth and wind shear

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 786-796

  Nastrom, G D ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0006473946     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0786-7     Document Type: Article

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