Partially coherent backscatter in radar observations of precipitation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1928-1946

  Jameson, A R ^a   Kostinski, A B ^b  

^a RJH Scientific Inc   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

BACK-SCATTERED; BACKSCATTERED POWER; CLEAR AIR; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DOPPLER; LOWER FREQUENCIES; PARTIALLY COHERENT; PERIODIC COMPONENTS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR WAVELENGTH; RADAR WAVES; SPECTRAL PEAK; TEMPORAL COHERENCY; TOTAL POWER;

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; POWER SPECTRUM; RADAR; RAIN; SNOW; TIME SERIES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

RADAR THEORY;

BACKSCATTER; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY;

EID: 77955520425     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3336.1     Document Type: Article

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