The atmospheric imaging radar: Simultaneous volumetric observations using a phased array weather radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 655-675

  Isom, Bradley ^a   Palmer, Robert ^a   Kelley, Redmond ^a   Meier, John ^a   Bodine, David ^a   Yeary, Mark ^a   Cheong, Boon Leng ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Yu, Tian You ^a   Biggerstaff, Michael I ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Experimental design; Instrumentation sensors; Radars Radar observations; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; BEAMFORMING; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING;

BEAMFORMING TECHNIQUE; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; MULTIBEAMS; PHASED-ARRAYS; RADAR BEAM; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RAPID SCAN; REMOTE-SENSING; SEVERE WEATHER; VOLUMETRICS;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878409130     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/jtech-d-12-00063.1     Document Type: Article

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