The DeTect Inc. RAPTOR VAD-BL radar wind profiler

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1978-1984

  Lau, Elías ^a   Mclaughlin, Scott ^a   Pratte, Frank ^a   Weber, Bob ^a   Merritt, David ^a   Wise, Maikel ^a   Zimmerman, Gary ^a   James, Matthew ^a   Sloan, Megan ^a  

^a DeTect Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING; CONSENSUS ALGORITHMS; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; OPERATIONAL FREQUENCY; PARABOLIC REFLECTOR; RADAR WIND PROFILERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING CAPABILITY; VELOCITY-AZIMUTH DISPLAY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER RADAR; SEARCH ENGINES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; AZIMUTH; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA QUALITY; DOPPLER RADAR; PROFILER; SOFTWARE; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84884969152     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00259.1     Document Type: Article

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