Improved detection using negative elevation angles for mountaintop WSR-88Ds. Part II: Simulations of the three radars covering Utah

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-403

  Wood, Vincent T ^a   Brown, Roger A ^a   Vasiloff, Steven V ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SCANNING;

MOUNTAINS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041620627     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)18<393:IDUNEA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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