Angular and range interferometry to measure wind

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Zhang, Guifu ^a   Doviak, Richard J ^b   Vivekanandan, J ^a   Yu, Tian You ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross correlation ratio; MST radar; Single antenna interferometry; Weather radar; Wind measurement; Wind profiler

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TURBULENCE; WIND;

ANGULAR INTERFEROMETRY; CROSS-CORRELATION RATIO; RANGE INTERFEROMETRY; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND PROFILER;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0842290158     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003rs002927     Document Type: Article

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