Coupled contributions in the Doppler radar spectrum width equation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2245-2258

  Fang, Ming ^a,c   Doviak, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL MOMENTS; DOPPLER SPECTRUMS; DWELL TIME; SCANNING BEAMS; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPECTRUM WIDTHS; THEORETICAL EXPRESSIONS;

DOPPLER RADAR;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

DOPPLER RADAR; EQUATION; SPECTRUM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 65549084471     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA968.1     Document Type: Article

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