Radar meteorology : a first course / Robert M. Rauber, Stephen W. Nesbitt.
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
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781118432624
- 1118432622
- 551.63/53 23
- QC973.5 .R38 2018
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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BOOK | NCAR Library Foothills Lab | QC973.5 .R38 2018 | 1 | Available | 50583020011031 |
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.