Effects of finite beam width and wind field divergence on Doppler radar measurements: Simulations

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1179-1191

  Palmer, R D ^a   Larsen, M F ^b   Vangal, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOPPLER RADAR; RADAR; SPECTROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; INTERFEROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; INDIRECT EFFECTS; RADIAL VELOCITY; SIMULATION STUDIES; SORTING PROCESS; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERTICAL MOTIONS; WIND PROFILING;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

FINITE BEAM WIDTH EFFECTS; WIND FIELD DIVERGENCE;

EID: 0031131026     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS03412     Document Type: Article

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