Comparison of narrow bipolar events with ordinary lightning as proxies for the microwave-radiometry ice-scattering signature

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1354-1363

  Jacobson, Abram R ^a,b   Boeck, William ^b,c   Jeffery, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; ICE; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETRY;

CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE-RADIOMETRY ICE-SCATTERING SIGNATURE; NARROW BIPOLAR EVENT;

LIGHTNING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LIGHTNING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 34248343450     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3342.1     Document Type: Article

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