Operational multiple-doppler wind retrieval inferred from long-range radial velocity measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2929-2945

  Bousquet, Olivier ^a   Tabary, Pierre ^b   du Châtelet, Jacques Parent ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

3-D WIND FIELDS; DOPPLER MEASUREMENT; DOPPLER VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS; FULLY OPERATIONAL; OPERATIONAL NETWORK; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; RADIAL VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS; SCANNING STRATEGIES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

AIRFLOW; DOPPLER RADAR; MAPPING METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 65349130103     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1878.1     Document Type: Article

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