Signal processing system for the CASA integrated project I radars

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1440-1460

  Bharadwaj, Nitin ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^b   Junyent, Francesc ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SENSING; DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; GROUND CLUTTER; INTEGRATED PROJECT; OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; RANGE-VELOCITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; WAVE FORMS; WAVEFORM DESIGNS; X BANDS; X-BAND RADARS;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

RADAR;

DOPPLER RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77957726339     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1415.1     Document Type: Article

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