Observations of the small-scale variability of precipitation using an imaging radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1122-1137

  Palmer, Robert D ^a   Cheong, Boon Leng ^b   Hoffman, Michael W ^b   Frasier, Stephen J ^c   Lopez Dekker F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR IMAGING;

ATMOSPHERIC RADARS; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 26444541946     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1775.1     Document Type: Article

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