Angular and range interferometry to refine weather radar resolution

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Zhang, Guifu ^a,b   Yu, Tian You ^c   Doviak, Richard J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIND;

PULSE WIDTHS; RANGE INTERFEROMETRY; SCATTERERS; WEATHER RADAR RESOLUTION;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 23844507626     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003125     Document Type: Article

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