Identification of hydrometeors with elliptical and linear polarization Ka-band radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 322-339

  Reinking, Roger F ^a   Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a,b   Bruintjes, Roelof T ^c   Martner, Brooks E ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIZZLE; HYDROMETEOR; ICE CRYSTAL; POLARIMETRIC RADAR; POLARIZATION; RADAR;

EID: 0031461638     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0322:IOHWEA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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