A high-resolution radar experiment on the island of Jersey

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-129

  Rico Ramirez, M A ^a   Cluckie, I D ^a   Shepherd, G ^a   Pallot, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Jersey Airport   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bright band; Radar errors; Vertical reflectivity profile; Weather radar; X band radar

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REFLECTION; URANIUM ALLOYS;

ANOMALOUS PROPAGATION; BRIGHT BAND; HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR; RAINGAUGE MEASUREMENTS; REMOVAL ALGORITHMS; VERTICAL REFLECTIVITY PROFILE; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION; X-BAND RADARS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; ERROR ANALYSIS; ISLAND STATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR ALTIMETRY; REFLECTIVITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHANNEL ISLANDS [UNITED KINGDOM]; JERSEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34447101911     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.13     Document Type: Article

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