A mobile, phased-array doppler radar for the study of severe convective storms: The MWR-05XP

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 579-600

  Bluestein, Howard B ^a   French, Michael M ^a   Popstefanija, Ivan ^b   Bluth, Robert T ^c   Knorr, Jeffrey B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b ProSensing Inc   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSE RANGE; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DOPPLER VELOCITY; GUST FRONTS; OKLAHOMA; PHASED ARRAYS; PULSE PAIRS; REAR-FLANK; SEVERE WEATHER; SHORT TIME SCALE; SUPER CELL; TORNADIC SUPERCELLS; WEATHER RADARS;

DOPPLER RADAR; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY HOPPING; RADAR; STORMS; TORNADOES;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 77953214304     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2914.1     Document Type: Article

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