Non-Rayleigh signal statistics caused by relative motion during measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1846-1859

  Jameson, A R ^a   Kostinski, A B ^b  

^a RJH Scientific Inc   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR ECHO; SENSING DEVICE;

EID: 0030390131     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1846:NRSSCB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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