Multipass objective analyses of Doppler radar data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1845-1858

  Majcen, Mario ^a,d   Markowski, Paul ^a   Richardson, Yvette ^a   Dowell, David ^b   Wurman, Joshua ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Center for Severe Weather Research Colorado   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTESIAN GRIDS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DATA COLLECTIONS; DOPPLER DATUM; DOPPLER WINDS; HIGHER ORDERS; MASS CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; MOBILE RADARS; MULTI PASS; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; RADIAL VELOCITIES; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS; THREE PASS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS; WIND FIELDS;

DOPPLER RADAR; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GRID COMPUTING;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR; FILTER; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; THUNDERSTORM; TRAJECTORY; VORTICITY; WAVELENGTH; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 65549146921     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1089.1     Document Type: Article

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