Spectral density of polarimetric variables separating biological scatterers in the VAD display

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1186-1198

  Bachmann, Svetlana M ^a   Zrnić, Dusan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BIRDS; OPTICAL RADAR; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

BIOLOGICAL SCATTERER; MULTIMODAL SPECTRA; SPECTRAL VELOCITY-AZIMUTH DISPLAY;

POLARIMETERS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BIRDS; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

AZIMUTH; DATA INTERPRETATION; INSECT; MIGRATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PASSERINE; POLARIZATION; RADAR; SCATTEROMETER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548022870     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2043.1     Document Type: Article

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