A 3-GHz profiler for precipitating cloud studies

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 309-322

  Ecklund, Warner L ^a,b   Williams, Christopher R ^a   Johnston, Paul E ^a   Gage, Kenneth S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; DOPPLER RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSOR;

EID: 0032733284     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0309:agpfpc>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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