A preliminary study of retrieving vortex circulation using a lagrangian coordinate and single doppler radar data

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 321-340

  Liou, Yu Chieng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost function; Lagrangian coordinate; Single doppler radar retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033460742     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1999.10.2.321(A)     Document Type: Article

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