Optimal Gabor-frame-expansion-based intermittent-clutter-filtering method for radar wind profiler

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-158

  Lehmann, Volker ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Data processing; Profilers; Radars; Statistics; Wind

Indexed keywords

BIRD MIGRATION; CLUTTER SIGNALS; COMPLEX TIME SERIES; DWELL TIME; GABOR FRAMES; GAUSSIAN WINDOW; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; OPTIMAL SAMPLING; PROFILERS; RADAR WIND PROFILERS; SIGNAL COMPONENTS; SPARSE REPRESENTATION; STATISTICAL FILTERING; TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; WIND MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA PROCESSING; RADAR; SAMPLING; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WIND;

OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND PROFILE;

AVES;

EID: 84857164748     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JTECHA1460.1     Document Type: Article

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