Estimation of cloud content by W-band radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 932-938

  Sassen, Kenneth ^a   Liao, Liang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Caelum Research Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD CONTENT; MICROWAVE IMAGER; RADAR; SCATTERING; STRATUS; W-BAND;

EID: 0030432680     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0932:EOCCBW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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