An automated algorithm for radar beam occultation

Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 917-920

  Langston, Carrie ^a,b   Zhang, Jian ^a  

^a Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; HYBRID ELEVATION ANGLE; NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY (NSSL); OCCULATION;

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 23944513330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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