Polarimetric phased-array radar for weather measurement: A planar or cylindrical configuration?

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-73

  Zhang, Guifu ^a   Doviak, Richard J ^a   Zrnić, Dusan S ^a   Palmer, Robert ^b   Lei, Lei ^a   Al Rashid, Yasser ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Model evaluation performance; Radars radar observations

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; BEAM SCAN; BEAM WIDTHS; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; PHASED ARRAY RADARS; PLANAR CONFIGURATIONS; PLANAR-ARRAY ANTENNAS; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79952301051     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1470.1     Document Type: Article

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