Cloud Microphysics Retrieval Using S-Band Dual-Polarization Radar Measurements

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-388

  Vivekanandan, J ^a   Zrnic, D S ^b   Ellis, S M ^a   Oye, R ^a   Ryzhkov, A V ^b   Straka, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0001260017     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<0381:CMRUSB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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