An adaptive moments estimation technique applied to MST radar echoes

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 396-408

  Anandan, V K ^a,b   Balamuralidhar, P ^c   Rao, P B ^d   Jain, A R ^b   Pan, C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National MST Radar Facility   (India)

^c Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research   (India)

^d NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ECHO SUPPRESSION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BALLOON SOUNDING; DOPPLER SPECTRA; MOMENTS ESTIMATION; WIND SPEED;

RADAR;

RADAR;

EID: 20444463034     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1696.1     Document Type: Article

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