Precipitation measurement using VHF wind-profiler radars: A multifaceted approach to calibrate radar antenna and receiver chain

Radio Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Campos, Edwin F ^a   Hocking, Wayne ^b   Fabry, Fred́eŕic ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS; ANTENNA EFFICIENCY; CALIBRATION METHOD; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; COSMIC RADIATION; DATA SETS; DOPPLER SPECTRA; ENERGY LOSS; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; MULTIPLE CALIBRATION; PARTIAL INFORMATION; POWER-LOSSES; PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR CALIBRATION; RADAR SIGNALS; TRANSMISSION LINE; VHF RADAR;

ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; COSMOLOGY; DOPPLER EFFECT; ENERGY DISSIPATION; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RAIN; STATISTICAL TESTS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 70350012284     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006RS003508     Document Type: Article

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