Relationship between ice water content and equivalent radar reflectivity for clouds consisting of nonspherical ice particles

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Hong, Gang ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Baum, Bryan A ^b   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER CONTENT;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; ICE CRYSTAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; RADAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 58149265036     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009890     Document Type: Article

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