A time series weather radar simulator based on high-resolution atmospheric models

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-243

  Cheong, Boon Leng ^a   Palmer, R D ^a   Xue, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DETECTORS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SIMULATORS; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIO; SET THEORY; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; CONVENTIONAL MOMENT; DISCRETE SCATTERERS; DOPPLER; FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; MITIGATION SCHEMES; NUMERICAL WEATHER MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PHASED-ARRAY ANTENNAS; RADAR CHARACTERISTICS; RADAR SIGNALS; REFLECTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) WIND; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES DATA; VIRTUAL RADAR; WAVEFORM DESIGNS; WEATHER RADARS; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DOPPLER RADAR; PARAMETERIZATION; REFLECTIVITY; SIMULATOR; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

EID: 45249115455     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA923.1     Document Type: Article

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