Cloud profiling radar for the cloudSat mission

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 15-18

  Im, Eastwood ^a   Wu, Chialin ^a   Durden, Stephen L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PROFILING RADAR (CPR); CLOUDSAT MISSION;

BACKSCATTERING; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

RADAR;

EID: 28444436620     PISSN: 08858985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAES.2005.1581095     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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