Polarization Diversity Pulse-Pair technique for millimeter-wave Doppler radar measurements of severe storm features

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1900-1911

  Pazmany, Andrew L ^a   Galloway, John C ^a   Mead, James B ^b   Popstefanija, Ivan ^b   McIntosh, Robert E ^a   Bluestein, Howard W ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Quadrant Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; POLARIZATION; STORM; WEATHER;

EID: 0033496980     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1900:PDPPTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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