The potential of spaceborne dual-wavelength radar to make global measurements of cirrus clouds

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 518-531

  Hogan, Robin J ^a   Illingworth, Anthony J ^a  

^a Department of Meteorology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; RADAR; SATELLITE SENSOR;

EID: 0032878355     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0518:TPOSDW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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