Quality control and verification of weather radar wind profiles

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1541-1550

  Holleman, Iwan ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOPPLER RADAR; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADAR CLUTTER; RADIOSONDES; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

VELOCITY-AZIMUTH DISPLAY; VOLUME VELOCITY PROCESSING; WEATHER RADAR WIND PROFILES;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

DOPPLER RADAR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSONDE; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 27744569524     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1781.1     Document Type: Article

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