Improving weather radar observations using pulse-compression techniques

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-401

  O'Hora, Fritz ^a   Bech, Joan ^b,c  

^a SIGMET Inc   (United States)

^b Meteorological Service of Catalonia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pulse compression ratio; Radar resolution; Radar sensitivity; TWT radar

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; CHIRP MODULATION; MAGNETRONS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PULSE COMPRESSION; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

CONCURRENT PRECIPITATION; DIGITAL PROCESSORS; NON-LINEAR FREQUENCY MODULATIONS; PULSE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR RESOLUTION; RADAR SENSITIVITY; RESEARCH APPLICATIONS;

RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DIGITAL MAPPING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; RADAR;

EID: 38349153062     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.38     Document Type: Article

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