Estimates of large spectrum width from autocovariances

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 969-974

  Melnikov, Valery M ^a   Zrnić, Dusan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AUTOCOVARIANCE TECHNIQUES; SOLAR NOISE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD;

EID: 3242693462     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0969:EOLSWF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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