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EA: ATM_PROFILE_MEASUREMENT_TECHNIQUE
EE: WIND_PROFILER

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 7
EA label: ATM_PROFILE_MEASUREMENT_TECHNIQUE

Concept definition: Vertical profiles of the <WIND> are measured using Doppler radar operating in the VHF-UHF <<EM_BAND>> (30 megahertz-3 gigahertz) that determine the <<WIND_SPEED>> and <<WIND_DIRECTION>> by measuring the line-of-sight Doppler shift of scattered signals from refractive index fluctuations caused by turbulence; wind profiler.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [GMET, "wind profiler"]
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