Frontal Passage Data from the SOUSY-VHF-Radar.

Abstract

Experiments have shown that there may be advantages in using a spaced antenna method instead of a Doppler method for measuring wind profiles, particularly for systems with small dimensions of the type likely to be used in operational wind profiling. The comparison between radar and radiosonde data have shown good agreement, indicating that the features seen in the radar reflectivity data are characteristic of frontal temperature structure and not associated with precipitation or local convection. Experiments show that a VHF radar operated continuously can provide synoptically meaningful meteorological data and is capable of high time resolution data required by future numerical methods. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA160211

Entities

People

  • D. T. Farley

Organizations

  • Cornell University College of Engineering

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Doppler Effect
  • Doppler Radar
  • Geostrophic Wind
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Radar
  • Meteorology
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Radar Signals
  • Radiosondes
  • Standing Waves
  • Transmitters
  • Turbulence
  • Waves
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites