- Wind profiling of stormy and quiescent atmospheres with microwave radars.
Report, electronic
Bib No.:
- 169073
Authors / Editors:
- Zrnic, D.S.
- and others.
Corporate Author:
- NOAA, Environmental Research Laboratories.
Publication Date:
- 1986
Place of Publication:
- Washington
Publisher:
- NOAA, Environmental Research Laboratories
Physical Description:
- Pp.v+80
Series:
- NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL NSSL
Series Number:
- NO. 98
Geographical Term (in development):
- United States of America
General Notes:
- File Reference: ORGS-USA-NOAA-TECH-MEMO-ERL-NSSL-1986-No-098
- Available upon request from Library Staff.
Language:
- English
Media Type:
- Report, electronic
Collection:
- Digital Library and Archive
Holding Location:
- METDLA/10/1/32/6/13
Abstract:
- We examine the feasibility of wind measurement in the lower atmosphere with centimeter wavelength (microwave) Doppler radars. Because it is assumed that only natural scatterers contribute echoes, their frequency and distribution over continental United States is presented. A method to retrieve environmental winds from radial velocity fields measured in isolated cells is developed and demonstrated through comparisons with winds synthesized from two radars and with rawinsonde observations.