Uncertainties in WSR-88D measurements and their impacts on monitoring life cycles

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 166-174

  Howard, Kenneth W ^a   Gourley, Jonathan J ^b   Maddox, Robert A ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Coop Inst Mesoscale Meteorol S ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD HEIGHT; DOPPLER RADAR; LIFE CYCLE; RADAR; STORM; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING; WSR-88D;

EID: 0031438821     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0166:UIWMAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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