Coincident in situ and W-band measurements of drop size distribution in a marine stratus cloud and drizzle

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 504-517

  Galloway, John C ^a   Pazmany, A ^a   Mead, J ^a   McIntosh, R E ^a   Leon, D ^b   French, J ^b   Haimov, S ^b   Kelly, R ^b   Vali, G ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DROPLET; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATUS;

EID: 0032855028     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0504:CISAWB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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