Radar for Meteorological and Atmospheric Observations

• Main Authors: Fukao, Shoichiro (Author), Hamazu, Kyosuke (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Meteorology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Geophysics.; Electrical engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Communications Engineering, Networks.

Epoch-making progress in meteorology and atmospheric science has always been hastened by the development of advanced observational technologies, in particular, radar technology. This technology depends on a wide range of sciences involving diverse disciplines, from electrical engineering and electro...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Electromagnetic waves
• Radar measurements and scatter parameters
• Principle of Doppler velocity measurement
• Reception and processing of signals
• Radar observations of precipitation
• Radar observations of the clear atmosphere
• Overview of radar
• Practical meteorological radars
• Practical atmospheric radars
• Observations by meteorological radar
• Observations by atmospheric radar
• Appendix.