Signal postprocessing and reflectivity calibration of the atmospheric radiation measurement program 915-mhz wind profilers

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1038-1054

  Tridon, Frédéric ^a   Battaglia, Alessandro ^a   Kollias, Pavlos ^b   Luke, Edward ^c   Williams, Christopher R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; RAIN RATE RETRIEVAL; REFLECTIVITY CALIBRATION; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; WIND PROFILER DATA;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

RAIN;

CALIBRATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLAR RADIATION; WAVELENGTH; WIND PROFILE;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84880730192     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00146.1     Document Type: Article

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