A model to predict cloud density from midlatitude atmospheric soundings for microwave radiative transfer applications

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Pierdicca, Nazzareno ^a   Pulvirenti, Luca ^a   Marzano, Frank S ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSES; CLOUD LIQUID DENSITY; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MICROPHYSICAL MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL SIMULATION PACKAGE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33847074658     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006RS003463     Document Type: Article

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