Objective determination of cloud heights and radar reflectivities using a combination of active remote sensors at the ARM CART sites

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 645-665

  Clothiaux, Eugene E ^a   Ackerman, Thomas P ^a   Mace, Gerald G ^b   Moran, Kenneth P ^c   Marchand, Roger T ^a   Miller, Mark A ^d   Martner, Brooks E ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033933742     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0645:ODOCHA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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