Evaluation of radar reflectivity - Based estimates of water content in stratiform marine clouds

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 405-419

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a   Uttal, Taneil ^b   Hazen, Duane A ^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 ACQUISITION; DROP FORMATION; MARINE RADAR; RADAR REFLECTION; RADIOMETERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS; WATER LEVELS;

LIQUID WATER CONTENT (LWC); LIQUID WATER PATH (LWP);

METEOROLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLOUD WATER; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 1842686989     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0405:EORREO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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