Mitigating radome-induced bias in X-band weather radar polarimetric moments using an adaptive discrete Fourier transform algorithm

Thiruvengadam, Padmanabhan; Lesage, Guillaume; Ramanamahefa, Ambinintsoa Volatiana; Van Baelen, Joël

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1185-2025

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Mitigating radome-induced bias in X-band weather radar polarimetric moments using an adaptive discrete Fourier transform algorithm

Padmanabhan Thiruvengadam, Guillaume Lesage, Ambinintsoa Volatiana Ramanamahefa, and Joël Van Baelen

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