Multiple scattering effects in pulsed radar systems: An intercomparison study

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1556-1567

  Battaglia, Alessandro ^a   Kobayashi, Satoru ^b   Tanelli, Simone ^c   Simmer, Clemens ^a   Im, Eastwood ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PROFILING RADARS; CLOUDSAT; ICE PARTICLES; INTER COMPARISONS; MONODISPERSE; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE SCATTERING EFFECTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; SCATTERING APPROXIMATIONS; SECOND ORDERS; SPACEBORNE CLOUD RADARS; TIME DEPENDENTS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUDSAT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SCATTERING;

EID: 65549115620     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1023.1     Document Type: Article

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