Beam multiplexing using the phased-array weather radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 616-626

  Yu, Tian Yu ^a   Orescanin, Marko B ^a   Curtis, Christopher D ^b   Zrnić, Dusan S ^c   Forsyth, Douglas E ^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

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BEAMFORMING; DATA ACQUISITION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

BEAM MULTIPLEXING; PHASED-ARRAY WEATHER RADAR; WEATHER INFORMATION;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BEAMFORMING; DATA ACQUISITION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 34248389806     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2052.1     Document Type: Article

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