The effect of precipitation on wind-profiler clear air returns

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3959-3970

  McDonald, Adrian J ^a   Carey Smith, T K ^a   Hooper, D A ^b   Fraser, G J ^a   Lublow, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (instruments and techniques); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (precipitation); Radio science (remote sensing)

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RADIOSONDE; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 11844293496     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3959-2004     Document Type: Article

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