Design, implementation, and demonstration of a staggered PRT algorithm for the WSR-88D

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1389-1399

  Torres, Sebastián M ^a,b   Dubel, Yannick F ^a,b   Zrnić, Dusan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER MEAN VELOCITY; PULSE REPETITION TIME (PRT) ALGORITHM; STATISTICAL ERRORS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; DOPPLER RADAR; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING;

NORMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5044239527     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<1389:DIADOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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