Implementation and analysis of networked radar refractivity retrieval

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2123-2135

  Fritz, Jason ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SENSING; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; FIELD EXPERIMENT; IN-PHASE; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS; MOISTURE FIELD; MULTIPLE RADAR; NETWORK-BASED ALGORITHM; PARTS PER MILLIONS; PHASE DATA; RADAR NETWORK; RADAR REFRACTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX OF AIR; SIMULATED DATA; STATIONARY GROUND TARGETS;

ALGORITHMS; RADAR; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; SUMMER; SURFACE LAYER;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73149100335     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1182.1     Document Type: Article

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