Crossbeam wind measurements with phased array doppler weather radar: Theory

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 312-316

  Doviak, Richard J ^a   Zhang, G ^b   Yu, T Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR INTERFEROMETRY (AI); CROSSBEAM WINDS; SPACED ANTENNA INTERFEROMETRY (SAI); WEATHER RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSORS;

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; CORRELATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; STORMS; TRANSMITTERS; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DOPPLER RADAR;

EID: 4544368087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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