Gaussian model adaptive processing in time domain (GMAP-TD)for weather radars

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2571-2584

  Nguyen, Cuong M ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GAUSSIAN MODEL; GROUND CLUTTER; RADAR RETURNS; SIGNAL SIMULATION; SPECTRAL MOMENTS; STAGGERED PULSE REPETITION TIME;

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY);

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84890702702     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00215.1     Document Type: Article

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