Evaluation of radar multiple-scattering effects from a GPM perspective, Part II: Model results

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1648-1664

  Battaglia, Alessandro ^a   Ajewole, M O ^b   Simmer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MISSION (GPM); HEAVY COLD RAIN; ICE PARTICLES; RADAR MULTIPLE-SCATTERING EFFECTS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; SCATTERING;

EID: 33846254052     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2425.1     Document Type: Article

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