Simultaneous radar and aircraft observations of mixed-phase cloud at the 100 m scale

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 600 PART A, 2004, Pages 1877-1904

  Field, P R ^a   Hogan, R J ^b   Brown, P R A ^a   Illingworth, A J ^b   Choularton, T W ^c   Kaye, P H ^d   Hirst, E ^d   Greenaway, R ^d  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential reflectivity; Icing; SID

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; ICE; PROBES; RADAR;

MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS; SMALL ICE DETECTOR (SID);

METEOROLOGY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY;

EID: 3242803511     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.102     Document Type: Article

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