A low cost 24 GHz FM-CW doppler radar rain profiler

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Klugmann, D ^a   Heinsohn, K ^a   Kirtzel, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b METEK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; GHZ FM-CW DOPPLER RADAR; RADAR PROFILER; RAIN PARAMETERS; RAIN RATE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0030467602     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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