An improved method for Doppler wind and thermodynamic retrievals

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-102

  Shun, Liu ^a,c   Qiu, Chongjian ^a   Xu, Qin ^b   Zhang, Pengfei ^c   Gao, Jidong ^d   Shao, Aimei ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CIMMS   (United States)

^d Ctr for Anal/Prediction of Storms   (United States)

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EID: 12944291002     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02930872     Document Type: Article

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