Millimeter wave radar scattering from model ice crystal distributions

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 140-146

  Aydin, Kultegin ^a   Tang, Chengxian ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrus clouds; Ice crystals; Millimeter wave scattering; Polarimetric radar

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CRYSTALS; ICE; MILLIMETER WAVES; MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SIMULATION;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; ICE CRYSTALS; MILLIMETER WAVE SCATTERING; POLARIMETRIC RADAR;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 0030783573     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.551942     Document Type: Article

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