Light scattering by nonspherical raindrops: Implications for lidar remote sensing of rainrates

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 355-363

  Macke, Andreas ^a   Großklaus, Martin ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDAR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RAINDROP;

BACKSCATTERING; DROPS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE; RAY TRACING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BACKSCATTERING INTENSITY; CIRCULAR DEPOLARIZATION; GEOMETRIC OPTICS APPROXIMATION; LIDAR REMOTE SENSING; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SHAPE COEFFICIENTS; SINGLE SCATTERING; SINGLE SCATTERING PROPERTIES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032413701     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(98)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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