Estimation of ice hydrometeor types and shapes from radar polarization measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-96

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a,c   Reinking, Roger F ^b   Kropfli, Robert A ^b   Bartram, Bruce W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c R/E/ET6 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0002277312     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013<0085:EOIHTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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