A real-time and offline quality control methodology for seasonde high-frequency radar currents

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1313-1328

  Cosoli, Simone ^a   Bolzon, Giorgio ^a   Mazzoldi, Andrea ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHODOLOGY; CONTROL PROCEDURES; DOPPLER LINES; DOPPLER SPECTRA; DOPPLER VELOCITY; FULLY COMPATIBLE; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADAR; NOISE THRESHOLDS; OFFLINE; PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE; RADAR COVERAGE; RADAR DATA; RADIAL CURRENTS; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SIGNALTONOISE RATIO (SNR); SNR VALUES; SPECTRAL QUALITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTORS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

VELOCITY;

AMPLITUDE; DOPPLER RADAR; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84868271568     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00217.1     Document Type: Article

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