A feasibility study for simultaneous estimates of water vapor and precipitation parameters using a three-frequency radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1511-1525

  Meneghini, Robert ^a   Liao, L ^a   Tian, L ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR RECEIVERS; VAPORS;

HYDROMETEORS; THREE-FREQUENCY RADAR; WATER VAPOR ABSORPTION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ESTIMATION METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 28144447268     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2302.1     Document Type: Article

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