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RADAR CALIBRATION

SOME SIMPLE APPROACHES

David Atlas
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Online Publication:
01 Sep 2002
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01 Sep 2002
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477-83.9.1313
Page(s):
1313–1316
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The proper calibration of weather radars has been at the heart of the problem of accurate reflectivity measurements for more than five decades. This paper summarizes a number of methods that have been used previously and others that are worthy of trial.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: David Atlas, Distinguished Visiting Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 910, Greenbelt, MD 20771, E-mail: datlas@radar.gsfc.nasa.gov

The proper calibration of weather radars has been at the heart of the problem of accurate reflectivity measurements for more than five decades. This paper summarizes a number of methods that have been used previously and others that are worthy of trial.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: David Atlas, Distinguished Visiting Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 910, Greenbelt, MD 20771, E-mail: datlas@radar.gsfc.nasa.gov
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