An application of linear programming to polarimetric radar differential phase processing

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1716-1729

  Giangrande, Scott E ^a   Mcgraw, Robert ^a   Lei, Lei ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE MEASUREMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL PROPAGATION PHASE; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; PHYSICAL RETRIEVALS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; RADAR WAVELENGTH; SELF-CONSISTENCY;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PHASE MEASUREMENT; POLARIMETERS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGY; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADAR;

EID: 84883830454     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00147.1     Document Type: Article

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