Particle size estimation in ice-phase clouds using multifrequency radar reflectivity measurements at 95, 33, and 2.8 GHz

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-28

  Sekelsky, Stephen M ^a   Ecklund, Warner L ^b   Firda, John M ^a   Gage, Kenneth S ^c   McIntosh, Robert E ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; RADAR IMAGERY; CLOUD; RADAR;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 0032599684     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0005:PSEIIP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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