Simulating range oversampled Doppler radar profiles of inhomogeneous targets

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1514-1528

  Schutgens, Nick A J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-SCATTERED; DISTRIBUTED TARGETS; DOPPLER; DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS; EARTHCARE; FIELD OF VIEWS; GAUSSIAN NOISE; GROUND-BASED; INHOMOGENEITY; INHOMOGENEOUS TARGETS; MATRIX FORMALISMS; MONTE CARLO; OVERSAMPLED; RADAR PROFILES; RANGE GATES; SPACE MISSIONS; SPACEBORNE CLOUD RADARS; STOCHASTIC VARIABLES; WIND-PROFILING RADARS;

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; EARTH (PLANET); FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; RADAR; TARGETS;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

DOPPLER RADAR; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INHOMOGENEITY; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 65549117526     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA1026.1     Document Type: Article

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