An update on the multi-channel phased array weather radar at the National Weather Radar Testbed

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 971-973

  Yeary, M ^a   Crain, G ^a   Zahrai, A ^b   Kelley, R ^a   Meier, J ^a,b   Zhang, Y ^a   Ivic, I ^b   Curtis, C ^b   Palmer, R ^a   Yu, T Y ^a   Doviak, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY CHANNEL; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; DATA QUALITY; DIGITAL RECEIVERS; DWELL TIME; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH RESOLUTION DATA; INTERFEROMETRY TECHNIQUE; LEADTIME; MICROBURSTS; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVERS; PHASED ARRAY RADARS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RADAR RESOLUTION; SMALL-SCALE PHENOMENA; STORM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM CONCEPTS; SYSTEM INSTALLATION; WEATHER DATA; WEATHER OBSERVATIONS; WEATHER PREDICTION; WEATHER RADARS;

ARRAY PROCESSING; CHEMICAL DETECTION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; STORMS; TESTBEDS; TURBULENCE;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 80052444135     PISSN: 10975659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2011.5960680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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