Raindrop size distribution retrievals from a VHF boundary layer profiler

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-60

  Lucas, Christopher ^a   MacKinnon, Andrew D ^a   Vincent, Robert A ^a   May, Peter T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; WIND;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION (DSD); WIND PROFILERS;

RAIN;

DATA PROCESSING; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINDROP; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1342309045     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0045:RSDRFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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