On the value of operationally synthesized multiple-Doppler wind fields

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Bousquet, Olivier ^a   Tabary, Pierre ^a   Parent du Chǎtelet, Jacques ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; FLOW VELOCITY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VERIFICATION;

MODEL VERIFICATION; MULTIPLE-DOPPLER WIND FIELDS;

WIND;

DOPPLER RADAR; FORECASTING METHOD; MAPPING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; WIND FIELD;

EID: 38949134153     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030464     Document Type: Article

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