The sensitivity of microwave remote sensing observations of precipitation to ice particle size distributions

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 345-364

  Bennartz, R ^a   Petty, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL;

METEOROLOGY;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ICE CRYSTAL; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035270776     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<0345:TSOMRS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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