Retrieval of reflectivity in a networked radar environment

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1755-1767

  Chandrasekar, V ^a   Lim, Sang Hun ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SENSING; ATTENUATION RETRIEVALS; BACK-SCATTERED; COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITIES; ILLINOIS; NETWORK-BASED; PATH ATTENUATIONS; RADAR NETWORKS; S-BAND MEASUREMENTS; SPECIFIC ATTENUATIONS; UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO; X-BAND RADARS;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; RADAR SYSTEMS; REFLECTION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 65549131610     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1008.1     Document Type: Article

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