Continental Stratus Clouds: A Case Study Using Coordinated Remote Sensing and Aircraft Measurements

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2345-2358

  Sassen, Kenneth ^a   Mace, Gerald G ^a   Wang, Zhien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DROP FORMATION; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR REFLECTION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER;

AIRCRAFT PROBES; BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; CLOUD DROPLETS; CONTINENTAL STRATUS CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD WATER; REMOTE SENSING; STRATUS; WATER CONTENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032786135     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2345:CSCACS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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