Accession Number:

AD0852694

Title:

Orographic Effects on Precipitation Processes.

Descriptive Note:

Rept. no. 5 (Final), 1 Dec 63-1 Mar 68,

Corporate Author:

OREGON STATE UNIV CORVALLIS

Personal Author(s):

• Mendenhall, Laurence D.

Report Date:

1968-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

82.0

Abstract:

This report describes the equipment and procedures employed in obtaining pulse-to-pulse backscatter measurements, a catalog of the data obtained, data reduction methods, and results of the rather limited analyses of the data completed thus far. Author

Descriptors:

• (*METEOROLOGICAL RADAR
• RAINDROPS)
• (*RAINDROPS
• BACKSCATTERING)
• INCOHERENT SCATTERING
• POWER SPECTRA
• RADAR CROSS SECTIONS
• DOPPLER RADAR
• SNOW
• WIND
• RADAR EQUIPMENT
• MAGNETIC RECORDING SYSTEMS
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• RADAR SIGNALS
• RANGE(DISTANCE)
• MOUNTAINS
• ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE