Validation of a new signal processing scheme for the MST radar at Aberystwyth

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3253-3268

  Hooper, D A ^a   Nash, J ^b   Oakley, T ^b   Turp, M ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DOPPLER RADAR; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND PROFILE;

ABERYSTWYTH; CEREDIGION; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54849408659     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3253-2008     Document Type: Article

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