Polarimetry for Weather Surveillance Radars

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-406

  Zrnic, Dusan S ^a   Ryzhkov, Alexander V ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0007532145     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<0389:PFWSR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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