A method for estimating particle fall velocities from vertically pointing Doppler radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-37

  Orr, Brad W ^a   Kropfli, Robert A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DOPPLER RADAR; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARTICLE MOTION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032714366     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0029:AMFEPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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