Relations of polarized scattering signatures observed by the TRMM Microwave Instrument with electrical processes in cloud systems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Prigent, Catherine ^a   Defer, Eric ^b   Pardo, Juan R ^c   Pearl, Cindy ^d   Rossow, William B ^d   Pinty, Jean Pierre ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ICE; LIGHTNING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SENSORS; POLARIZATION; RAIN; SPHERES;

ICE PARTICLES; POLARIZED SCATTERING SIGNATURES; POSITIVE POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; POLARIZATION;

ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSORS; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE; POLARIZED SCATTERING SIGNATURES; POSITIVE POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

EID: 19744377085     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022225     Document Type: Article

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