Multilag correlation estimators for polarimetric radar measurements in the presence of noise

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 772-795

  Lei, Lei ^a,b   Zhang, Guifu ^a,b   Doviak, Richard J ^a,b,c   Palmer, Robert ^a,b   Cheong, Boon Leng ^b   Xue, Ming ^b   Cao, Qing ^b   Li, Yinguang ^a,b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION ESTIMATOR; DATA QUALITY; HIGH SNR; POLARIMETRIC PARAMETERS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; SIGNALTONOISE RATIO (SNR); SIMULATED DATA; SPECTRAL MOMENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

POLARIMETERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ESTIMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NOISE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84864563948     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00010.1     Document Type: Article

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