Investigation of non-Gaussian Doppler spectra observed by weather radar in a tornadic supercell

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 444-461

  Yu, Tian You ^a   Rondinel, Ricardo Reinoso ^a   Palmer, Robert D ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCOVARIANCE; DOPPLER SPECTRUMS; FLAT TOPS; GAUSSIAN COMPONENTS; GAUSSIAN MODELS; GAUSSIAN SHAPES; GAUSSIAN SPECTRUM; NON-GAUSSIAN; NONLINEAR FITTING ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SPECTRAL MODELS; SPECTRAL MOMENTS; SPECTRUM WIDTHS; SUPER CELLS; VERTICAL SHEARS; WEATHER RADARS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); RADAR;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DOPPLER RADAR; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUPERCELL; TORNADO;

EID: 65549170001     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1124.1     Document Type: Article

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