Evaluating the effects of height-variable reflectivity and antenna sidelobes on the radar equation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1469-1476

  Campos, Edwin F ^a   Hocking, Wayne ^b   Fabry, Frédéric ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; ANTENNA PATTERN; ANTENNA SIDELOBES; GENERAL VERSION; MELTING LAYERS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR EQUATION; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR REFLECTIVITY FACTOR; RANGE GATES; SAMPLING GATE; SIDE LOBES; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VHF ANTENNAS; VHF RADAR; X BANDS;

ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); RADAR; RAIN; REFLECTION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ANTENNA; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINDROP; REFLECTIVITY;

EID: 65949113832     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA941.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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