Doppler Radar and Weather Observations: Second Edition

ThisbookreviewstheprinciplesofDopplerradarandemphasizesthequantitativemeasurementofmeteorologicalparameters.ItillustratestherelationofDopplerradardataandimagestoatmosphericphenomenasuchastornadoes，microbursts，waves，turbulence，densitycurrents，hurricanes，andlightning.
Gearedtowardupper-levelundergraduatesandgraduatestudents，thistextwaswrittenbytwoscientistsattheNationalSevereStormsLaboratoryinNorman，Oklahoma，adivisionoftheNationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration.Topicsincludeelectromagneticwavesandpropagation，weathersignalsandtheirDopplerspectra，weathersignalprocessing，measurementsofprecipitationandturbulence，andobservationsofwindsandstormsaswellasfairweather.Radarimagesandphotographsofweatherphenomenahighlightthetext.，