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The use of doppler radars for studying the turbulence of air masses in clouds

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A method for estimating the turbulent pulsations of the velocity of air masses in clouds has been proposed. This method is based on the spectra of scattered signals and makes use of the moment characteristics of the scattered signal spectrum and deviations of the characteristics from trend changes for estimating the shear characteristics of the air stream in terms of both the average speed and its spread.

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  1. O. Ya. Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IRE NASU), Kharkiv, Ukraine

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  2. Institute of Geophysics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (IGP VAST), Hanoi, Vietnam

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Original Russian Text © V.I. Lutsenko, I.V. Lutsenko, N.X. Anh, 2010, published in Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Radioelektron., 2010, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 3–12.

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Lutsenko, V.I., Lutsenko, I.V. & Anh, N.X. The use of doppler radars for studying the turbulence of air masses in clouds. Radioelectron.Commun.Syst. 53, 281–289 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0735272710060014

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