A relationship between horizontal flow gradients, in-beam incidence angles, and vertical velocities

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1269-1277

  Larsen, M F ^a   Palmer, R D ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; VELOCITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BEAM INCIDENCE ANGLE; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INTERFEROMETRIC RADARS; MASS CONTINUITY EQUATION; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVE LAYERS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

HORIZONTAL FLOW GRADIENTS;

EID: 0031131012     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00055     Document Type: Article

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