The potential of 8-mm radars for remotely sensing cloud drop size distributions

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-87

  Gossard, E E ^a,c   Snider, J B ^a   Clothiaux, E E ^b   Martner, B ^c   Gibson, J S ^c   Kropfli, R A ^c   Frisch, A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0002793245     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0076:TPOMRF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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