Turbulence and wind shear in layers of large Doppler spectrum width in stratiform precipitation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 430-443

  Melnikov, Valery M ^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

BEAM WIDTHS; CAT'S EYES; DOPPLER SPECTRUMS; ELEVATION ANGLES; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ WAVES; RADAR RESOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM WIDTHS; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATIONS; VELOCITY FIELDS; WEAK TURBULENCES; WEATHER RADARS; WIND SHEARS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; THUNDERSTORMS;

TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STRATIFIED FLOW; THUNDERSTORM; TURBULENCE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 65549137609     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1108.1     Document Type: Article

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