Retrieval of vertical profiles of liquid water and ice content in mixed clouds from Doppler radar and microwave radiometer measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-23

  Sauvageot, Henri ^a,b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD VERTICAL PROFILE; DOPPLER RADAR; ICE PARTICLE SIZE; ICE WATER CONTENT; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER;

EID: 0029751378     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0014:ROVPOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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