An investigation into the contamination of WSR-88D VAD wind profile output by migrating birds

The VAD Wind Profile (VWP), a time-height display of winds computed by the National Weather Service's WSR-88D radar, is known on occasion to have errors at night during the fall and spring seasons. Several studies, such Haro and Gauthreaux (1998), confirm that migrating birds often contaminate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schulze, Karl Werner
Other Authors: Nielsen-Gammon, John W.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2004
Subjects:
VAD
VWP
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/276