Optical and microphysical properties of upper clouds measured with the Raman lidar and hydrometeor videosonde: A case study on 29 March 2004 over Tsukuba, Japan

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2156-2166

  Sakai, Tetsu ^a,b,c   Orikasa, Narihiro ^b   Nagai, Tomohiro ^b   Murakami, Masataka ^b   Kusunoki, Kenichi ^b   Mori, Kazumasa ^b,d   Hashimoto, Akihiro ^b   Matsumura, Takatsugu ^e   Shibata, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Japan Meteorological Agency ^*  (Japan)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; HYDROMETEOR VIDEOSONDE; RAMAN LIDAR;

CLOUDS;

CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

CLOUD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LIDAR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; TSUKUBA;

EID: 33747875424     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3736.1     Document Type: Article

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