Solutions for improving the radar refractivity measurement by taking operational constraints into account

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1730-1742

  Besson, Lucas ^a   Parent Du Châtelet, Jacques ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLUCTUATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIVITY; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; POLARIZATION RADARS; REFRACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REFRACTION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84883787307     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00167.1     Document Type: Article

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