The estimation of hydrometeor profiles from wideband microwave observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1645-1656

  Skofronick Jackson, Gail M ^a   Wang, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; UPDRAFT;

EID: 0034525730     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450-39.10.1645     Document Type: Article

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