Derivation and error analysis of echo phase parameters for the dynasonde

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 557-566

  Tsai, L C ^a   Berkey, F T ^b,d   Stiles, G S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Utah State University   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; INTERFEROMETRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHASE SHIFT; ERRORS; PHASE MATCHING; STATISTICS;

DYNASONDES; ECHO PHASE PARAMETERS;

RADIOSONDES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

INTERFEROMETER ARRAYS; INTERFEROMETRIC PHASE; METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; STANDARD DEVIATION; UTAH STATE UNIVERSITIES; WAVE POLARIZATIONS;

EID: 0031102452     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS03499     Document Type: Article

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