VHF radar observations of weak echo regions in tropical mesoscale convective systems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kumar, Karanam Kishore ^a   Joseph, Jojo ^b   Jain, A R ^c   Rao, D Narayana ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b National MST Radar Facility   (India)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO SUPPRESSION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MELTING; REFLECTION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; RADAR REFLECTIVITY; TROPICAL MESOSCALE; WEAK ECHO REGION (WER);

RADAR;

CONVECTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 22444436987     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022238     Document Type: Article

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