Single-Doppler velocity retrieval with rapid-scan radar data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1758-1775

  Shapiro, Alan ^a   Robinson, Paul ^a   Wurman, Joshua ^a   Gao, Jidong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DOPPLER RADAR; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; WIND;

VOLUME VELOCITY PROCESSING (VVP);

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WIND FIELD;

EID: 1642497510     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)020<1758:SVRWRR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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