Geared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this book reviews the principles of Doppler radar and emphasizes the quantitative measurement of meteorological parameters. It illustrates the relation of Doppler radar data and images to atmospheric phenomena such as tornadoes, microbursts, waves, turbulence, density currents, hurricanes, and lightning. 1993 edition. Unabridged republication of the second edition published by Academic Press, San Diego, 1993.
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