Doppler weather radar principles

Covey, Daryl Lee

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Doppler weather radar principles

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Personal Author:

Covey, Daryl Lee
Corporate Authors:

National Weather Service Training Center (U.S.)
NOAA Program & Office:

NWS (National Weather Service)
Description:

Material in this guide should enable you to: 1. Distinguish between doppler weather radar and conventional weather radar in terms of basic design theory and major operational components. 2. Describe major operating advantages and limitations of existing doppler weather radars as compared to conventional NWS network radars. 3. Cite basic characteristics of doppler velocity spectra and the properties of radar and target which affect spectrum shape.
Keywords:

Doppler Radar Radar Meteorology Study And Teaching Doppler Radar Radar Meteorology Study And Teaching
Series:

NOAA training paper NWS TC 1
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PDF
Document Type:

Manuals & Handbooks
Place as Subject:

United States
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Rights Information:

CC0 Public Domain
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Library
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urn:sha256:8026a0bb5b6cf4c4fb763502c86416477cd8412621f7155df79d5d5dd56d799c
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/49662/noaa_49662_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 5.90 MB ]

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