Characteristics of mixed-phase clouds. II: A climatology from ground-based lidar

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 592 PART A, 2003, Pages 2117-2134

  Hogan, R J ^a   Illingworth, A J ^a   O'Connor, E J ^a   Poiares Baptista, J P V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Backscatter lidar; Integrated backscatter; Specular reflection; Supercooled water

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS;

LIQUID-WATER CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

BACKSCATTER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0041488810     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.01.209     Document Type: Article

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