Using gap-filling radars in mountainous regions to complement a national radar network: Improvements in multiple-doppler wind syntheses

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1836-1850

  Beck, Jeffrey ^a   Bousquet, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; RADAR NETWORK; REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; X-BAND RADARS;

FILLING; LANDFORMS; RADAR; REFLECTION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DOPPLER RADAR; EXTREME EVENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TERRAIN; WIND FIELD;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 84884245438     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0187.1     Document Type: Article

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