Retrieval of microphysical properties of water, ice, and mixed-phase clouds using a triple-wavelength radar and microwave radiometer

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1005-1031

  Yoshida, Yukio ^a,b   Asano, Shoji ^a   Iwanami, Koyuru ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; RADAR; RADIATIVE FORCING; WATER CONTENT; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 33847686736     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84.1005     Document Type: Article

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