Flux measurements of pulsating rain with a disdrometer and doppler radar during phase II of the joint tropical rain experiment in Malaysia

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 859-874

  McFarquhar, Greg M ^a,c   List, Roland ^a   Hudak, David R ^a,d   Nissen, Robert P ^a   Dobbie, J S ^a,e   Tung, N P ^b   Kang, T S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Malaysian Meteorological Service   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISDROMETER; DOPPLER RADAR; JOINT TROPICAL RAIN EXPERIMENT; PRECIPITATION; PULSE; RAINDROP;

MALAYSIA, PENANG;

EID: 0030437671     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0859:FMOPRW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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