Spectrum widths from echo power differences reveal meteorological features

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1793-1810

  Melnikov, Valery M ^a   Doviak, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

X-BAND RADARS;

METEOROLOGY;

DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM;

EID: 0036873652     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<1793:SWFEPD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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