Efficient ways to learn weather radar polarimetry

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-68

  Cao, Qing ^a   Yeary, Mark B ^a,b   Zhang, Guifu ^a,b  

^a Atmospheric Radar Research Center (ARRC)   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; precipitation; radar polarimetry; retrieval; weather radar

Indexed keywords

DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES; MICROPHYSICS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS; RADAR ECHOES; RADAR POLARIMETRY; RETRIEVAL; SCATTERING MODEL; WEATHER RADARS;

ELLIPSOMETRY; POLARIMETERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 84857032005     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2011.2118211     Document Type: Article

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