New WSR-88D volume coverage pattern 12: Results of field tests

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-393

  Brown, Rodger A ^a   Steadham, Randy M ^b   Flickinger, Bradley A ^a,c   Lee, Robert R ^b   Sirmans, Dale ^d   Wood, Vincent T ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA/WSR 88D Radar Operations Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d RS Information Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOPPLER EFFECT; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FIELD TESTS; VERTICAL SAMPLING; VOLUME COVERAGE PATTERNS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS (WSR);

SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

DOPPLER RADAR; FORECASTING METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 23144455262     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF848.1     Document Type: Article

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