Abstract: The velocity-azimuth-display technique provides a measurement of the mean wind components above a conically scanning Doppler radar. Wind components are often computed from a least-squares fit of a sinusoid to the Doppler ...

Abstract: Some characteristics of a scattering, turbulent region near the 3-km level were measured with radar and an instrumented aircraft. It was found that the weakly scattering region was near a thin (20 m) layer of extreme ...

Abstract: A new method for studying the entrainment of air into clouds has been developed and tested, and initial results demonstrating the technique are presented here. This new method is superior to other chaff techniques that ...

Abstract: We report on radar observations of a plume of microwave-reflecting chaff. The chaff was released from the top of a 300 m tower and observed as it was blown 18 km downwind through the growing boundary layer. We present the ...

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Abstract: It has been shown previously that the use or elliptically polarized radar signals can help to obtain polarization signatures from tenuous cirrus clouds. Estimates of particle dimension ratios and orientations can be made ...

Abstract: The Wave Propagation Laboratory (WPL) dual-Doppler radar system has been used in METROMEX to study the effect of a large urban area (St. Louis) on air motions within the planetary mixing layer during clear conditions. It ...

Abstract: The NOAA/WPL dual-Doppler radar System has been used to determine the three-dimensional kiematic, structure of a convective storm during its decaying Stage which grew in a weakly sheared environment. The internal flow ...

Abstract: Observations of boundary-layer flow within the Santa Barbara region taken on 20 September 1985 revel the presence of a wide variety of flow features, including mesoscale wind vortices sea/land breezes, and thermally driven ...