Abstract: The attenuation of 5 cm radar in rain is investigated theoretically for stratiform and thunderstorm drop size distributions. An iterative attenuation estimation scheme is presented. The effects of attenuation on radar ...

Abstract: This paper describes a newly observed form of shear-parallel rainbands that were observed on 18 February 1993 in Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere Response Experiment using the NCAR ELDORA airborne ...

Abstract: A new technique for the experimental study of atmospheric turbulent diffusion is presented and applied to the study of diffusion in the lower 3 km of a cloudless summer atmosphere. This new technique makes use of Doppler ...

Abstract: The influence of an urban area on the turbulent convective boundary layer is studied using an instrumented aircraft. Data from three undisturbed days with low wind speeds are presented to describe the urban effects on ...

Abstract: This is Part II of a paper dealing with the capabilities and use of airborne Doppler radar to observe motions within storms. Part I deals with dual-Doppler analyses of convective storm structure, using airborne and ...

Abstract: This is the first of two papers which evaluate the capabilities of airborne Doppler radars for atmospheric sciences research. In Part I, we will evaluate the collection and analysis of dual-Doppler data using dual airborne ...

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Abstract: A method is described for the objective determination of the noise level in Doppler spectra. The method makes use of the physical properties of white noise and is suitable for automatic computation. It is shown that the ...

Abstract: A vertically scanning, airborne, pulse-Doppler radar is described. Data processing methods to yield pseudo-dual-Doppler horizontal winds are presented. Results of an intercomparison with a ground-based dual-Doppler network ...

Abstract: Techniques of measuring area-mean convective rainfall over small areas (<2000 km2) are investigated using data from several gage-radar rainfall measurement studies. These data suggest that for low gage densities (?1 gage ...