Radar measurement of rainfall with and without polarimetry

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1929-1939

  Ulbrich, Carlton W ^a,c   Atlas, David ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ELLIPSOMETRY; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; REFLECTION; STORMS; TROPICS;

CONVECTIVE STORMS; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITIES; DISDROMETER; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; PARAMETER DIAGRAMS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; PUERTO RICO; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS; RAINFALL RATES; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SPECIAL EMPHASES; STRUCTURAL FEATURES; TEMPORAL DEPENDENCES; TRANSITION STAGES; TROPICAL LOCATIONS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY; STORM; TOGA-COARE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 57649237932     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1804.1     Document Type: Article

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