Application of a ground-based, multi-channel microwave radiometer to the alerting of low-level windshear at an airport

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 423-429

  Chan, P W ^a   Lee, Y F ^a  

^a HONG KONG OBSERVATORY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT FLYING; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DOPPLER; GROUND BASED; HIT RATE; HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL - AIRPORT; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MULTI-CHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; OXYGEN ABSORPTION; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; RADIOMETER DATA; RELATIVE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; WATER VAPOUR; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WIND FLUCTUATION; WIND SHEARS;

AIRPORTS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; AVIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LUMINANCE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL RADAR; OXYGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DOPPLER LIDAR; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; WIND SHEAR;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 80053471699     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2011/0275     Document Type: Article

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