Doppler Radar and Weather Observations
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Doppler Radar and Weather Observations

  1. 470 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Doppler Radar and Weather Observations

About this book

Doppler Radar and Weather Observations deals with the use of Doppler radar to make observations of a variety of weather phenomena such as tornado vortices, hurricanes, and lightning channels. Topics covered include electromagnetic waves and propagation; weather echo signals; Doppler spectra of weather echoes; and meteorological radar signal processing. Rain and turbulence measurements are also considered, along with observations of winds, storms, and related phenomena. Comprised of 11 chapters, this book begins with an introduction to weather radar principles and how the radar parameters and signal characteristics relate to the target's meteorological properties. The effect of the atmosphere on the path of the signal is then examined, together with techniques used in extracting a target's properties from its echoes. The radar signal path from the transmitter, through the antenna, along the beam to the target, and on its return to the receiver is also discussed. Subsequent chapters explore the discrete Fourier transform and its application to weather echo signals; the weather Doppler spectrum and the signal processing methods used to derive its principal moments; range and Doppler velocity ambiguities as they pertain to distributed targets; and the limitations imposed by antenna sidelobes, ground clutter, signal decorrelation, and power. A comprehensive treatment of pulse compression and the Doppler processing of frequency modulated signals is given. This monograph should be of value to oceanographers, meteorologists, atmospheric scientists, and radar engineers, as well as students and researchers interested in Doppler radar principles.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Doppler Radar and Weather Observations
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1. Introduction
  8. Chapter 2. Electromagnetic Waves and Propagation
  9. Chapter 3. Principles of Radar
  10. Chapter 4. Weather Echo Signals
  11. Chapter 5. Doppler Spectra of Weather Echoes
  12. Chapter 6. Meteorological Radar Signal Processing
  13. Chapter 7. Considerations in the Observation of Weather
  14. Chapter 8. Rain Measurements
  15. Chapter 9. Observations of Winds, Storms, and Related Phenomena
  16. Chapter 10. Measurement of Turbulence
  17. Chapter 11. Echoes from the Precipitation-Free Turbulent Troposphere
  18. APPENDIX A: Geometric Relations for Rays in the Troposphere
  19. APPENDIX B: Correlation between Echo Samples as a Function of Sample Time
  20. APPENDIX C: Correlation of Echoes from Spaced Resolution Volumes
  21. APPENDIX D: Geometric Optics Approximation to the Wave Equation
  22. APPENDIX E: Derivation of Green's Function
  23. Index