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Radar meteorology : a first course / Robert M. Rauber, Stephen W. Nesbitt.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Advancing weather and climate sciencePublisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018Copyright date: 2018Edition: First editionDescription: xxii, 461 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781118432624
  • 1118432622
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Radar meteorology.DDC classification:
  • 551.63/53 23
LOC classification:
  • QC973.5 .R38 2018
Contents:
Properties of electromagnetic waves -- Radar hardware -- Radar characteristics -- The path of a radar ray -- Power and the radar reflectivity factor -- Radial velocity--the doppler effect -- Dual-polarization radar -- Clean air echoes -- Propagation effects : attenuation and refractivity -- Operational radar networks -- Doppler velocity patterns and single radar wind retrieval -- Multiple doppler wind retreival -- Precipitation esitmation with radar -- Warm season convection -- Extratropical cyclones -- Tropical cyclones -- Clouds and vertical motions.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QC973.5 .R38 2018 1 Available 50583020011031
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Properties of electromagnetic waves -- Radar hardware -- Radar characteristics -- The path of a radar ray -- Power and the radar reflectivity factor -- Radial velocity--the doppler effect -- Dual-polarization radar -- Clean air echoes -- Propagation effects : attenuation and refractivity -- Operational radar networks -- Doppler velocity patterns and single radar wind retrieval -- Multiple doppler wind retreival -- Precipitation esitmation with radar -- Warm season convection -- Extratropical cyclones -- Tropical cyclones -- Clouds and vertical motions.

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