Radio acoustic sounding with a UHF volume imaging radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 766-776

  Dekker, Paco López ^a   Frasier, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ECHO SUPPRESSION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADAR;

BEAMFORMED IMAGES; IMAGING RADAR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; RADIOSONDE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 2442671347     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0766:RASWAU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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