Intercomparison of ground-based velocity track display (GBVTD)-retrieved circulation centers and structures of Hurricane Danny (1997) from two coastal WSR-88Ds

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-174

  Murillo, Shirley T ^a   Lee, Wen Chau ^b   Bell, Michael M ^b   Barnes, Gary M ^c   Marks Jr , Frank D ^a   Dodge, Peter P ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Data processing; Hurricanes; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; AXISYMMETRIC; GROUND BASED; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INTERCOMPARISONS; LOUISIANA; MEAN-WINDS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SIMPLEX ALGORITHM; TANGENTIAL WIND; TIME-CONTINUITY; TRACK DISPLAY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE NUMBERS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR; WIND RETRIEVALS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA HANDLING; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; HURRICANES; RAIN; STORMS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADAR;

ALGORITHM; COASTAL ZONE; DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; HURRICANE EVENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 79951659498     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3036.1     Document Type: Article

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