Spaced-antenna interferometry to measure crossbeam wind, shear, and turbulence: Theory and formulation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 791-805

  Zhang, Guifu ^a   Doviak, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTERFEROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WIND;

CROSSBEAM WIND; SIGNAL DECORRELATION; SPACED-ANTENNA INTERFEROMETRY;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTERFEROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WIND;

ANTENNA; CORRELATION; DOPPLER RADAR; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; TURBULENCE; WAVE SCATTERING; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 34250340513     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2004.1     Document Type: Article

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