Remote sensing of ice water characteristics in tropical clouds using aircraft microwave measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-355

  Liu, Guosheng ^a   Curry, Judith A ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ERRORS; ICE; MILLIMETER WAVES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER;

ICE WATER; ICE WATER PATH; MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING RADIOMETER;

METEOROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ICE WATER; MICROWAVE SENSING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TOGA-COARE; AIRBORNE SENSING; REMOTE SENSING; SSM/I;

EID: 0031597254     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0337:RSOIWC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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