The potential of a spaceborne cloud radar for the detection of stratocumulus clouds

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 676-687

  Fox, Neil I ^a   Illingworth, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; RADAR; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0031403870     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450-36.6.676     Document Type: Article

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