An improved time interpolation for three-dimensional doppler wind analysis

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1379-1391

  Liu, Shun ^a,b   Qiu, Chongjian ^a   Xu, Qin ^c   Zhang, Pengfei ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGY;

DOPPLER WIND ANALYSIS; RADAR BEAM POSITION; TEMPORAL INTERPOLATION;

WIND;

DOPPLER EFFECT; INTERPOLATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND;

EID: 10244222789     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2150.1     Document Type: Article

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