Spaced-antenna interferometry to detect and locate subvolume inhomogeneities of reflectivity: An analogy with monopulse radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1921-1938

  Zhang, Guifu ^a   Doviak, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEITY; MISSION SYSTEMS; MONOPULSE; MONOPULSE RADARS; NARROWER BEAMS; NON-UNIFORM BEAM FILLINGS; PHASED ARRAYS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; WAVE SCATTERINGS; WEATHER RADARS;

ANTENNAS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REFLECTION;

RADAR;

DETECTION METHOD; INTERFEROMETRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY; TRACKING; WAVE SCATTERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 65549124634     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1055.1     Document Type: Article

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