Cross correlations and cross spectra for spaced antenna wind profilers 1. Theoretical analysis

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 157-180

  Doviak, Richard J ^a   Lataitis, Richard J ^b   Holloway, Christopher L ^c  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Institute for Telecommunication Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CORRELATION THEORY; CORRELATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WIND; ANTENNAS; DIFFRACTION; INTERFEROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTENNA DIAMETER; ATMOSPHERIC ECHOS; BRAGG SCATTERERS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; CROSS SPECTRA; GAUSSIAN CORRELATION; SPACED ANTENNA;

ANTENNAS; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS;

CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; CORRELATION LENGTHS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; GAUSSIAN CORRELATION; SPECTRAL SAMPLING; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMITTING ANTENNA; VERTICAL ANISOTROPY;

EID: 0029734051     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RS02318     Document Type: Article

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