Radar wind profiler radial velocity: A comparison with doppler lidar

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1277-1282

  Cohn, Stephen A ^a   Goodrich, R Kent ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WIND;

DOPPLER LIDARS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DOPPLER LIDAR; DOPPLER RADAR; INSTRUMENTATION; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0036971108     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<1277:RWPRVA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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