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Radar and Atmospheric Science

A Collection of Essays in Honor of David Atlas

Editors:

  1. Roger M. Wakimoto

    1. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Ramesh Srivastava
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  • Tribute to leading meteorologist, Dr. David Atlas

  • Comprehensive resource for scientists and educators studying radar meteorology

  • Inspiring tribute and historical record of Dr. Atlas’ career as meteorologist

Part of the book series: Meteorological Monographs (METEOR)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N1-vii
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  2. David Atlas: The Man and His Works

    • Robert J. Serafin, Richard E. Carbone
    Pages 1-6

  5. Forcing and Organization of Convective Systems

    • David P. Jorgensen, Tammy M. Weckwerth
    Pages 75-103

  6. Mobile Radar Observations of Severe Convective Storms

    • Howard B. Bluestein, Roger M. Wakimoto
    Pages 105-138

  8. The Assimilation of Radar Data for Weather Prediction

    • Juanzhen Sun, James W. Wilson
    Pages 175-198

  9. Innovative Signal Utilization and Processing

    • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Fabry, R. Jeffrey Keeler
    Pages 199-214

  10. Global and Local Precipitation Measurements by Radar

    • V. Chandrasekar, R. Meneghini, I. Zawadzki
    Pages 215-236

  12. Some Educational Innovations in Radar Meteorology

    • Steven A. Rutledge, V. Chandrasekar
    Pages 259-270

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 271-271
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About this book

This book if a tribute to one of the leading scientists in meteorology, Dr. David Atlas. It was written by a group of specialists and presented at a symposium to honor Dr. Atlas’ life and career as meteorologist. It serves as a comprehensive resource for scientists and educators, and also as an inspiring historical record of scientific research and important discoveries in the field of meteorology.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

    Roger M. Wakimoto

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Radar and Atmospheric Science

  • Book Subtitle: A Collection of Essays in Honor of David Atlas

  • Editors: Roger M. Wakimoto, Ramesh Srivastava

  • Series Title: Meteorological Monographs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-878220-36-3

  • Publisher: American Meteorological Society Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: American Meteorological Society 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-878220-36-3Published: 30 March 2015

  • Series ISSN: 0065-9401

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 270

  • Number of Illustrations: 114 b/w illustrations, 86 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Biogeosciences, History of Science

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