Time-varying ice crystal orientation in thunderstorms observed with multiparameter radar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 847-858

  Jeff Caylor, I ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ICE; LIGHTNING; PHASE SHIFT; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; THUNDERSTORMS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED RADAR; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFT; DUAL LINEAR POLARIZED RADAR; ICE CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; IN CLOUD ELECTRIC FIELD; LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; MULTIPARAMETER RADAR;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0030193675     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.508402     Document Type: Article

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