On the use of advanced Doppler radar techniques to determine horizontal wind fields for operational weather surveillance

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-171

  Friedrich, Katja ^a   Hagen, Martin ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR WARNING SYSTEMS; WIND EFFECTS;

DOPPLER MEASUREMENT; DOPPLER TECHNIQUES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; MEASUREMENT CHARACTERISTICS; RADAR INFORMATION; WEATHER RADAR NETWORKS; WIND VECTOR FIELDS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER RADAR; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER STATION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 2442678254     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482704001240     Document Type: Article

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