Microwave properties of frozen precipitation around a North Atlantic cyclone

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-43

  Schols, Jack L ^a,g   Weinman, J A ^b   Alexander, G D ^c   Stewart, R E ^d   Angus, L J ^e   Lee, A C L ^f  

^a GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CYCLONE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 0032599685     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0029:MPOFPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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