Path to NEXRAD: Doppler radar development at the National Severe Storms Laboratory

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1459-1470

  Brown, Rodger A ^a   Lewis, John M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE (CW) DOPPLER RADAR; DOPPLER FREQUENCY SHIFT; SEVERE STORM MONITORING;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 27844472903     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-86-10-1459     Document Type: Article

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