Multifrequency decoding of a phased array Doppler sodar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 759-768

  Rao, I Srinivasa ^a   Anandan, V K ^a,b   Kumar, M Shravan ^a  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; DOPPLER SODARS; DOPPLER SPECTRA; HIGH RESOLUTION; MULTI FREQUENCY; PHASED ARRAYS; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; TRANSMITTED POWER; WIND DATA; WIND PROFILES; WIND PROFILING;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DECODING; OPACITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TROPOSPHERE;

WIND POWER;

ALTITUDE; BALLOON OBSERVATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER SODAR; GPS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 70349171934     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1166.1     Document Type: Article

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