Single-doppler retrieval of the three-dimensional wind in a deep convective system based on an optimal moving frame of reference

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 559-582

  Liou, Yu Chieng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DOPPLER RADAR; GEOMETRY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFLECTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 38049044931     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85.559     Document Type: Article

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