Rain relations inferred from microphysical data in TOGA COARE and their use to test a rain-profiling method from radar measurements at Ku-band

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1629-1646

  Marecal, Virginie ^a   Tani, Taoufik ^a   Amayenc, Paul ^a   Klapisz, Claude ^a   Obligis, Estelle ^a   Viltard, Nicolas ^a  

^a Ctr d'Etud Environnements T   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION; TOGA COARE;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031401768     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1629:RRIFMD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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