Bird migration echoes observed by polarimetric radar

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E91-B, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2085-2089

  Minda, Haruya ^a   Furuzawa, Fumie A ^a   Satoh, Shinsuke ^b   Nakamura, Kenji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird echo; Clear air radar echo; Ornithology; Polarimetric radar; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS;

BIRD MIGRATION; C-BANDS; CLEAR-AIR RADAR; OKINAWA ISLANDS; ORNITHOLOGY; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

RADAR;

EID: 67651049837     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.6.2085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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