Characterization and evaluation of hybrid polarization observation of precipitation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 552-572

  Wang, Yanting ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^a   Bringi, V N ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; TRANSMITTERS;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; CROSS POLARIZATION; HYBRID POLARIZATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CORRELATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TRANSMITTERS;

FIELD METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 33646459826     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1869.1     Document Type: Article

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