Resolution enhancement technique using range oversampling

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-240

  Yu, Tian You ^a   Zhang, Guifu ^b   Chalamalasetti, Anil B ^a   Doviak, Richard J ^c   Zrnić, Dusan ^c  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADAR CLUTTER; RANGE FINDING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW;

RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT; SPECTRAL MOMENT ESTIMATIONS; STATISTICAL ERROR; TORNADO VORTEX;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR CLUTTER; RANGE FINDING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW;

REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION;

EID: 33645276823     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1841.1     Document Type: Article

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