Doppler Radar & Weather Observations

by Richard J. Doviak, Dusan S. Zrnic

This book reviews the principles of Doppler radar and emphasizes the quantitative measurement of meteorological parameters. It illustrates the relation of Doppler radar data and images to atmospherix phenomena such as tornados, microbursts, waves, turbulence, density currents, hurricanes, and lightning. Radar images and photographs of these weather phenomena are included.

Key Features* The Second Edition of Doviak and Zrnic's classic text has been expanded to Polarimetric measurements and data processing* An updated section on RASS* Wind profilers* Observations with the WSR-88D* An updated treatment of lightning* Turbulence in the planetary boundary layer* A short history of radar* Chapter problem sets

Genres: Reference

562 pages, Hardcover

First published June 14, 1984

Reviews

[Francisco Tapiador]

On the desk for a long time, I think by now I have read it all. Not to be read from cover to back, but always useful when you need it.