An extended kalman filter framework for polarimetric X-Band weather: Radar data processing

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 711-730

  Schneebeli, Marc ^a   Berne, Alexis ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFTS; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION; KALMAN FILTER ESTIMATION; PROPAGATION ATTENUATION; RADAR CALIBRATION; RADAR DATA PROCESSING; RADAR PROCESSING; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN RATES; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; STANDARD ALGORITHMS; SWISS ALPS; X-BAND POLARIMETRIC RADARS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; POLARIMETERS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADOMES; RAIN; REFLECTION;

ESTIMATION;

DATA PROCESSING; KALMAN FILTER; RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84864528087     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-10-05053.1     Document Type: Article

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