Feasibility of retrieving cloud condensation nucleus properties from doppler cloud radar, microwave radiometer, and lidar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1188-1195

  Feingold, G ^a   Yang, S ^b   Hardesty, R M ^a   Cotton, W R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; DATA ACQUISITION; DOPPLER RADAR; LIDAR; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RADAR IMAGERY;

EID: 0032450416     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<1188:FORCCN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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