Response functions for arbitrary weight functions and data distributions. Part II: Response function derivation and verification

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2132-2147

  Askelson, Mark A ^a,b   Pauley, Patricia M ^c   Straka, Jerry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CONVOLUTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT;

ARBITRATY WEIGHT FUNCTIONS; DATA DISTRIBUTIONS; DISTANCE DEPENDENT WEIGHTED AVERAGING (DDWA); RESPONSE FUNCTIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; WEATHER;

EID: 24944575966     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2963.1     Document Type: Article

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