Aspects of melting and the radar bright band

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 371-379

  Gray, W R ^a   Cluckie, D I ^b   Griffith, R J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RANGE FINDING; REFLECTION; SNOW;

BRIGHT BAND; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL RESULTS; NETHERLANDS; RADAR BRIGHT BAND; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SIMPLE MODELING; STRONG DEPENDENCES;

MELTING;

COLD FRONT; MELTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR ALTIMETRY; REFLECTIVITY; SNOW; SNOWMELT; TREND ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041314084     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482701003139     Document Type: Article

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