Backscatter-to-extinction ratios in the top layers of tropical mesoscale convective systems and in isolated cirrus from LITE observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1330-1345

  Platt, C Martin R ^a,d   Winker, D M ^b   Vaughan, M A ^c   Miller, S D ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM;

EID: 0033378306     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1330:BTERIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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