Use of Doppler radar to assess ice cloud particle fall velocity-size relations for remote sensing and climate studies

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D17, 2000, Pages 22427-22436

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a,b,d   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d R/E/ET6 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DOPPLER RADAR; ICE CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033766417     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900353     Document Type: Article

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