Ice cloud microphysical property retrieval using airborne two-frequency radars

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5654, Issue , 2004, Pages 48-56

  Wang, Zhjen ^a,b   Heymsfield, Gerald M ^b   Li, Lihua ^a,b   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Microphysical properties; Optically thick ice clouds; Two frequency radars

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RADAR SYSTEM (CRS); MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICALLY THICK ICE CLOUDS; TWO-FREQUENCY RADARS;

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; ICE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL RADAR; SENSORS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 20344406839     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.578793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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