Radar backscattering computations for fractal-shaped snowflakes

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 459-469

  Ishimoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ICE CRYSTAL; ICE MECHANICS; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGERY; SNOW;

EID: 49849084381     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.459     Document Type: Article

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