VHF radar echoes in the vicinity of tropopause during the passage of tropical cyclone: First observations from the Gadanki MST radar

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Das, Siddhu S ^a   Patra, A K ^b   Rao, D Narayana ^b  

^a Centre for Wind Energy Technology Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Government of India ^*  (India)

^b NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STORMS; TROPICS;

OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOPAUSE; TURBULENCE; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 46449090864     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009014     Document Type: Article

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