Radar data processing and visualization over complex terrain

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-338

  James, Curtis N ^a,b   Brodzik, Stacy R ^a   Edmon, Harry ^a   Houze Jr , Robert A ^a   Yuter, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; DOPPLER RADAR; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR CLUTTER;

COMPLEX TERRAINS; OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; DATA PROCESSING; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0034210876     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2000)015<0327:RDPAVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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