Cloud observations with a polarimetric 33 GHz and 95 GHz radar

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 123-140

  Sekelsky, S M ^a   McIntosh, R E ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

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EID: 0030533046     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01032004     Document Type: Article

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