Microwave radiative transfer with nonspherical precipitating hydrometeors

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 365-374

  Czekala, Harald ^a   Simmer, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CLOUDS; DROPS; GEOMETRY; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPHERES;

AZIMUTHAL SYMMETRIES; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; MICROWAVE RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; RAYLEIGH APPROXIMATION; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES;

MICROWAVES;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032431071     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(98)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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