Maximum likelihood estimates of vortex parameters from simulated coherent Doppler lidar data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-130

  Frehlich, Rod ^a   Sharman, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DOPPLER EFFECT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENT FLOW; WAKES;

LASER POWER; NONTURBULENT ENVIRONMENTS; TURBULENT ENVIRONMENTS; VORTEX PARAMETERS;

VORTEX FLOW;

AIRCRAFT; DATA PROCESSING; DETECTION METHOD; LIDAR; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; VORTEX;

EID: 14644401160     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-1695.1     Document Type: Article

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