Spectrum width measured by WSR-88D: Error sources and statistics of various weather phenomena

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 888-904

  Fang, Ming ^a   Doviak, Richard J ^b   Melnikov, Valery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DOPPLER RADAR; RAIN; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SNOW; STORMS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL (AGC); WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPLER (WSR-88D);

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

DOPPLER RADAR; ERROR ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; WEATHER;

EID: 3242699780     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0888:SWMBWE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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