Retrieval of atmospheric liquid and ice characteristics using dual-wavelength radar observations

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 5 pt 1, 1999, Pages 2325-2334

  Vivekanandan, J ^a   Mariner, Brooks E ^a   Politovich, Marcia K ^a   Zhang, Guifu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATTENUATION; CLOUDS; ICE; LIQUIDS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR REFLECTION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SIMULATION; SNOW; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DUAL WAVELENGTH; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MEDIAN VOLUME DIAMETER; MIE SCATTERING TECHNIQUE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033188924     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.789629     Document Type: Article

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