Implementation and validation of range imaging on a UHF radar wind profiler

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 987-996

  Chilson, Phillip B ^a   Yu, Tian You ^b   Strauch, Richard G ^a   Muschinski, Andreas ^a   Palmer, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCIES; TRANSMITTERS;

WIND PROFILERS;

RADAR IMAGING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA INTERPRETATION; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; RADAR IMAGERY; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0042164399     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)20<987:IAVORI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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