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fluctuations umk( t ) along the baseline ∆xrmkr rsignals but only make Ex (ak ,+∆ xmk, t+τ )cannot affect the statistical similarity between themore ``blurring'', that is, only the mean speedUmkcan be detected while tracking motion of the pattern as a whole. To get a formal2explanation of the above statement, one should note that the term <strong>with</strong> Umk+ umkin Eq.(11) for d 2( ∆x r mk) is simulated by the term c 2 ( )1∆x rmkin Eq. (28). The latter contains onlyrUmk, Eq. (18). One can obtain from simple dimensional considerations that c 1( ∆x mk) ∝Umk+ umkalthough the last term is zero by definition. This is the place where thehorizontal turbulent velocity formally disappears from the coefficient c 2( ∆x r mk) in Eq. (15)for cross CF.Therefore, the conceptual difference between CF and SF-based approaches to analyzingreceived signals for SA radars, namely tracking the diffraction pattern and evaluating therates of changes in the pattern, respectively, lead to significant practical differences. Inparticular, one can potentially estimate the different order moments of all turbulent velocity2components separately <strong>with</strong> the SF-based SA techniques while only w can be estimated<strong>with</strong> the CF-based techniques. Other characteristics such as the turbulent kinetic energy, eddydissipation rate, and so on can be estimated <strong>with</strong> CF-based techniques only by assuming theisotropy, the dynamic equilibrium, or a specific functional form of the turbulence spectrum,and/or <strong>with</strong> other restrictive assumptions; e.g., Briggs (1980), Hocking (1983a, 1989),Hocking et al. (1989), DLH.One can conclude that CF and SF-based SA techniques do not compete but rathercomplement each other. The UCAR-STARS method could become a useful alternative to thetraditional, CF and spectra-based data analysis techniques for SA radars.Acknowledgements. The NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The firstauthor (AP) was sponsored by the NCAR/RAP Director's fund, and the second author (EP) wassponsored by the NSF Grant ATM-0122877.REFERENCES2Awe, O., Effects of errors in correlation on the analysis of the fading of radio wave,J. Atmos. and Terr. Phys., 26, 1257-1271, 1964.Briggs, B. H., Radar observations of atmospheric winds and turbulence: a comparison oftechniques, J. Atmos. and Terr. Phys., 42, 823-833, 1980.Briggs, B. H., The analysis of spaced sensor records by correlation techniques, MAPHandbook, 13, 166-186, 1984.Briggs, B. H., G. J. Phillips, and D. H. Shinn, The analysis of observations on spacedreceivers of the fading radio signals, Proc. Phys. Soc. London, 63, 106-121, 1950.Briggs, B. H., and R. A. Vincent, Spaced-antenna analysis in the frequency domain,<strong>Radio</strong> Sci., 27, 117-129, 1992.Doviak, R. J., R. J. Lataitis, and C. L. Holloway, Cross correlations and cross spectra forspaced antenna wind pro<strong>file</strong>rs, 1, Theoretical analysis, <strong>Radio</strong> Sci., 31, 157-180, 1996.Fukao, S., and R. D. Palmer, Spatial and frequency domain interferometry using the MUradar: A tutorial and recent developments, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 43, 645-666, 1991.Hocking, W. K., On the extraction of atmospheric turbulence parameters from radarbackscatter Doppler spectra--I. Theory, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 45, 89-102, 1983a.Hocking, W. K., The spaced antenna drift method, MAP Handbook, 9, 171-186, 1983b.Hocking, W. K., Target parameter estimation, MAP Handbook, 30, 228-268, 1989.Hocking, W. K., P. May, and J. Röttger, Interpretation, reliability, and accuracies of469

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