bimodal spectrum

From Glossary of Meteorology
In radar, a Doppler spectrum that has two modes or peaks.

There are instances in wind profiler applications in which one spectral mode is explained by Bragg scattering from refractivity fluctuations in the clear air and another by Rayleigh scattering by precipitation.


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