Airborne multiparameter precipitation radar (CAMPR) observation of wind fields in snow clouds

Journal of the Communications Research Laboratory

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 55-66

  Satoh, Shinsuke ^b   Hanado, Hiroshi ^b   Nakagawa, Katsuhiro ^b   Iguchi, Toshio ^b   Nakamura, Kenji ^a   Yoshizaki, Masanori ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Airborne radar; Dual Doppler; Snow cloud; Wind field

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; GYROSCOPES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTICAL FIBERS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; SPACE RESEARCH; TRAJECTORIES; WIND EFFECTS;

SNOW CLOUDS;

SNOW;

EID: 12444281107     PISSN: 09149260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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