Operational monitoring of radar differential reflectivity using the sun

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 881-887

  Holleman, Iwan ^a   Huuskonen, Asko ^b   Gill, Rashpal ^c   Tabary, Pierre ^d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Radar observations

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; DIFFERENTIAL RECEIVERS; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; HIGH QUALITY; IN-NETWORK; MONITORING METHODS; OPERATIONAL MONITORING; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; VERTICAL POLARIZATION; VOLUME DATA; WEATHER RADARS;

CALIBRATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MONITORING; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RAIN; REFLECTION; SUN;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; ANTENNA; CALIBRATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BORNHOLM; DENMARK; FRANCE; HOVEDSTADEN; ILE DE FRANCE; TRAPPES; YVELINES;

EID: 77955519834     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1381.1     Document Type: Article

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