A method for retrieving mean horizontal wind profiles from single-Doppler radar observations contaminated by aliasing

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1399-1409

  Gao, Jidong ^a   Droegemeier, Kelvin K ^a   Gong, Jiandong ^a   Xu, Qin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DOPPLER RADAR; SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

RADIAL VELOCITY OBSERVATIONS; VELOCITY-AZIMUTH DISPLAY (VAD);

WIND;

DOPPLER RADAR; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 3142746878     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1399:AMFRMH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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