Evaluation of DBS wind measurement technique in different beam configurations for a VHF wind profiler

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2304-2311

  Srinivasa Rao, I ^a   Anandan, V K ^a,c   Narasimha Reddy, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; BALLOON MEASUREMENTS; BEAM CONFIGURATIONS; DOPPLER; HORIZONTAL WINDS; PERCENTAGE ERRORS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; WIND MEASUREMENTS; WIND PROFILERS; WIND PROFILING; WIND-PROFILING RADARS;

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADAR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

GPS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GADANKI; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 65549137226     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1113.1     Document Type: Article

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