First frequency-domain interferometry observations of large-scale vertical motion in the atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1248-1258

  Muschinski, Andreas ^a,c,f   Chilson, Phillip B ^b,e   Kern, Stefan ^c   Nielinger, Jost ^c   Schmidt, Gerhard ^b   Prenosil, Thomas ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d Mont Royal   (Germany)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR; INTERFEROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN INTERFEROMETRY; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; INTERFEROMETRY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0033133449     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1248:FFDIOO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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