Validation of a UHF spaced antenna wind profiler for high-resolution boundary layer observations

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1279-1296

  Cohn, Stephen A ^a   Holloway, Christopher L ^b,e   Oncley, Steven P ^a   Doviak, Richard J ^c   Lataitis, Richard J ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Institute for Telecommunications Sciences   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Institute for Telecommunication Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; RADAR ANTENNAS; ANTENNAS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; WIND;

ANTENNA WIND PROFILERS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT; BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL STRATEGIES; SONIC ANEMOMETER; SPACED-ANTENNA TECHNIQUES; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; TIME RESOLUTION; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031131030     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00578     Document Type: Article

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