Measurements of melting layer attenuation at X-band frequencies

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 943-955

  Bellon, Aldo ^a,c   Zawadzki, Isztar ^a,c   Fabry, Frédéric ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELTING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN;

BRIGHT BAND; MEASUREMENTS OF; MELTING LAYERS; REFLECTIVITY PROFILES; SPECIFIC ATTENUATION; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; X BANDS; X-BAND FREQUENCIES;

RAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

MELTING LAYERS; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION;

EID: 0031131466     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00492     Document Type: Article

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