A parametric time domain method for spectral moment estimation and clutter mitigation for weather radars

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-92

  Nguyen, Cuong M ^a   Moisseev, Dmitri N ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR CLUTTER; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PARAMETRIC TIME DOMAIN METHOD; SPECTRAL MOMENT ESTIMATION;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR CLUTTER; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; WEATHER;

EID: 38949207199     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA927.1     Document Type: Article

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