A ground-based multisensor cloud phase classifier

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Shupe, Matthew D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DEPOLARIZATION; ICE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SENSORS; SNOW;

ARCTIC CLOUDS; DRIZZLE; TEMPERATURE SOUNDINGS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SENSOR;

ARCTIC;

EID: 38949149664     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031008     Document Type: Article

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