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Tropical Winds Measured by the Arecibo Radar

D. T. Farley School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853

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B. B. Balsley Aeronomy Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO 80302

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W. E. Swartz School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

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C. La Hoz School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

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Print Publication:
01 Feb 1979
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1979)018<0227:TWMBTA>2.0.CO;2
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227–230
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Abstract

Preliminary measurements of tropospheric and stratospheric parameters using the large 430 MHz radar at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, show excellent agreement between a wind profile deduced from the radar back-scatter and a profile obtained simultaneously from a rawinsonde ascent from San Juan. The measured variations of scattered power with altitude agree quite well with predictions of atmospheric turbulence theory.

Abstract

Preliminary measurements of tropospheric and stratospheric parameters using the large 430 MHz radar at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, show excellent agreement between a wind profile deduced from the radar back-scatter and a profile obtained simultaneously from a rawinsonde ascent from San Juan. The measured variations of scattered power with altitude agree quite well with predictions of atmospheric turbulence theory.

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