A statistical comparison of horizontal winds obtained by a variety of spaced antenna techniques using the Jicamarca VHF radar

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1669-1683

  Chau, Jorge L ^a,b   Balsley, Ben B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; RADAR ANTENNAS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HORIZONTAL WINDS;

WIND;

EID: 0032203180     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS02498     Document Type: Review

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