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Radar Meteorology
S. Raghavan
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Description for Radar Meteorology
Hardback. Covers the range of developments in the operational and research use of RADAR for meteorological applications. This book emphasises the operational aspects of Radar Meteorology. It also traces the evolution of the subject including older technologies in use in some countries, which helps students assimilate the basic principles. Series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library. Num Pages: 549 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RBP; TJKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 962.
As we all know, weather radar came into existence during the Second World War when aircraft detection radars had their vision limited by echoes from rain bearing clouds. What was often considered to be of nuisance value by the air force personnel trying to locate enemy aircraft was seen as an opportunity by the weather men. Thus adversity in one field was converted into an opportunity in another. Since then weather radar has found myriad applications with the increased sophistication of technology and processing systems. It has now become an indispensable tool for the operational forecasters, cloud physicists and atmospheric ... Read more
As we all know, weather radar came into existence during the Second World War when aircraft detection radars had their vision limited by echoes from rain bearing clouds. What was often considered to be of nuisance value by the air force personnel trying to locate enemy aircraft was seen as an opportunity by the weather men. Thus adversity in one field was converted into an opportunity in another. Since then weather radar has found myriad applications with the increased sophistication of technology and processing systems. It has now become an indispensable tool for the operational forecasters, cloud physicists and atmospheric ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
549
Condition
New
Series
Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library
Number of Pages
549
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402016042
SKU
V9781402016042
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Ref
99-15
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