Observing structures vertical motions within stratiform clouds using a vertical pointing 94-GHz cloud radar

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 229-237

  Danne, O ^a   Mace, G G ^b   Clothiaux, E E ^b   Dong, X ^b   Ackerman, T P ^b   Quante, M ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTOSTRATUS; CIRRUS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; DOPPLER RADAR; STRATIFORM CLOUD; STRATOCUMULUS; TAYLOR TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 0030466638     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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