Modeling of the melting layer. Part II: Electromagnetic

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3593-3600

  Fabry, Frédéric ^a,c   Szyrmer, Wanda ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RAIN; SNOW;

BRIGHTBAND INTENSITY; DOPPLER VELOCITY; MELTING LAYER; METEOROLOGICAL MODELLING; SNOWFLAKES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MODELING; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033569007     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3593:MOTMLP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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