Effect of cavities on the optical properties of bullet rosettes: Implications for active and passive remote sensing of ice cloud properties

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2311-2330

  Yang, Ping ^a   Zhang, Zhibo ^a   Kattawar, George W ^a   Warren, Stephen G ^b   Baum, Bryan A ^c   Huang, Hung Lung ^c   Hu, Yong X ^d   Winker, David ^d   Iaquinta, Jean ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; FUNCTIONS; ICE; LIGHT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SOLAR ABSORBERS;

BULLET ROSETTES; COLUMNAR PARTS; DEPOLARIZATION RATIOS; FORWARD SCATTERINGS; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; HEXAGONAL COLUMNS; HEXAGONAL PYRAMIDS; HOLLOW STRUCTURES; ICE CLOUD PROPERTIES; ICE CLOUDS; ICE PARTICLES; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL THICKNESSES; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; PHASE FUNCTIONS; PHASE MATRIXES; SCATTERING PHASE FUNCTIONS; SCATTERING PROPERTIES;

PROJECTILES;

ASYMMETRY; BACKSCATTER; CAVITY; CLOUD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 57649198107     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1905.1     Document Type: Article

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