Errors caused by long-term drifts of magnetron frequencies for refractivity measurement with a radar: Theoretical formulation and initial validation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1428-1434

  Parent du Chatelet, Jacques ^a,b   Boudjabi, Chiraz ^b   Besson, Lucas ^a,b   Caumont, Olivier ^c  

^a DSO   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Moisture moisture budget; Radars Radar observations

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COHERENT RADAR; CORRECTION FACTORS; FREQUENCY VARIATION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LONG TERM DRIFT; MAGNETRON TRANSMITTER; NON-COHERENT; PRECIPITATION RADAR; REFRACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; SECOND ORDERS; THEORETICAL FORMULATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HOLOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REFRACTION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84871905331     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00070.1     Document Type: Article

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