Attenuation-based estimates of rainfall rates aloft with vertically pointing Ka-band radars

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-54

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; ATTENUATION; CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; RAIN; SIGNAL THEORY;

ERROR RETRIEVAL; RADAR FREQUENCY; RADAR SIGNALS; RANGE RESOLUTION;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 14344250841     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-1677.1     Document Type: Article

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