Lidar and triple-wavelength Doppler radar measurements of the melting layer: A revised model for dark- and brightband phenomena

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-312

  Sassen, Kenneth ^a   Campbell, James R ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^a   Kollias, Pavlos ^b   Shupe, Matthew ^c   Williams, Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; MELTING; OPTICAL RADAR; RAIN; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SNOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BACKSCATTERING PHENOMENA; DOPPLER RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN DROPS; RAIN SHOWERS;

DOPPLER RADAR;

DOPPLER RADAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MELTING; SNOW;

EID: 17844371351     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM-2197.1     Document Type: Article

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