DSD characterization and computations of expected reflectivity using data from a two-dimensional video disdrometer deployed in a tropical environment

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages 5073-5076

  Maeso, José ^a   Bringi, V N ^b   Cruz Pol, Sandra ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE RAIN COMPONENTS; DROP-SIZE DISTRIBUTION (DSD); STRATIFORM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISDROMETER (2DVD);

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; RELIABILITY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 33745700156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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