Drop size spectra and integral remote sensing parameters in the transition from convective to stratiform rain

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Atlas, David ^a   Ulbrich, Carlton ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROP FORMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; REFLECTION; STORMS;

CONVECTIVE RAIN; EQUILIBRIUM SPECTRA; RAINDROPS; STRATIFORM RAIN;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVECTION; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; STORM;

EID: 33845637850     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026824     Document Type: Article

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