Radar based remote sensing of cloud liquid water - Application of various techniques - A case study

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-181

  Meywerk, J ^a   Quante, M ^a   Sievers, O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud liquid water content; Cloud radar application; Ground based remote sensing; Remote sensing of clouds

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DOPPLER EFFECT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; REFLECTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER VELOCITIES; LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION; LIQUID WATER; RADAR BASED REMOTE SENSING;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLOUD WATER; DOPPLER RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 19144362630     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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