Inferring fall attitudes of pristine dendritic crystals from polarimetric radar data

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 241-250

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a   Reinking, Roger F ^b   Djalalova, Irina V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; DENDRIMERS; ESTIMATION; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DENDRITIC CRYSTALS; HORIZONTAL VERTICAL POLARIZATION BIASIS (HVPB); ORIENTATION EFFECTS; POLARIZATION STATE;

CRYSTALS;

ICE CRYSTAL; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR;

EID: 13244264966     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-3356.1     Document Type: Article

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