TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.	BACKGROUND INFORMATION
1.1	Introduction
1.2	Review of Doppler Radar Principles
1.3	Organization of This Guide
2.	INTERPRETATION OF DOPPLER VELOCITY PATTERNS IN CLEAR AIR AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION
2.1	Introduction
2.2	Patterns Associated with Vertical Profiles having Constant Wind Direction
2.3	Patterns Associated with Nonuniform Horizontal Wind Fields
2.4	Patterns Associated with Vertical Profiles having Constant Wind Speed
2.5	Patterns Associated with Vertical Profiles of Varying Wind Speed and Direction
2.6	Patterns Associated with Vertical Discontinuities in the Wind Field
2.7	Patterns Associated with Horizontal Discontinuities in the Wind Field
3.	INTERPRETATION OF DOPPLER VELOCITY PATTERNS WITHIN TROPICAL CYCLONES
4.	INTERPRETATION OF DOPPLER VELOCITY PATTERNS WITHIN CONVECTIVE STORMS
4.1	Introduction
4.2	Patterns Associated with Constant Wind Speed and Direction
4.3	Patterns Associated with Axisymmetric Vortices
4.4	Patterns Associated with Axisymmetric Radial Flow
4.5	Mesocyclone and Divergence Patterns Viewed from Four Different Directions
4.6	Distortion of Doppler Velocity Patterns Owing to Proximity to the Radar
4.7	Patterns Associated with a Convergent/Divergent Mesocyclone
4.8	Patterns Associated with Two Mesocyclones having the Same Size and Strength
4.9	Patterns Associated with a Tornadic Vortex Signature within the Parent Mesocyclone
4.10	Patterns Associated with Two Divergence Regions
4.11	Patterns Associated with Flow Fields beneath Supercell Thunderstorms
4.12	Patterns Associated with Midaltitude Flow around a Thunderstorm Updraft Region
5.	THE CHALLENGE
6.	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REF	REFERENCES

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