Phase coding for range ambiguity mitigation in dual-polarized Doppler weather radars

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1351-1363

  Bharadwaj, Nitin ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DOPPLER RADAR; POLARIMETERS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR; PHASE CODING TECHNIQUE; PHASE-CODED WAVEFORM; POLARIMETRIC VARIABLE;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

CODES (SYMBOLS); DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

DOPPLER RADAR; ESTIMATION METHOD; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34548616055     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2061.1     Document Type: Article

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