Cirrus cloud ice water content radar algorithm evaluation using an explicit cloud microphysical model

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 620-628

  Sassen, Kenneth ^a   Wang, Zhien ^a   Khvorostyanov, Vitaly I ^a   Stephens, Graeme L ^a   Bennedetti, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

MICROPHYSICS;

METEOROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0036601736     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<0620:CCIWCR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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