Radar beam occultation studies using GIS and DEM technology: An example study of Guam

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 995-1006

  Kucera, Paul A ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^b   Young, C Bryan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BEAM-BLOCKING EFFECTS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM);

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4043068093     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0995:RBOSUG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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