Next-generation spaceborne cloud profiling radars

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tanelli, Simone ^a   Durden, Stephen L ^a   Im, Eastwood ^a   Heymsfield, Gerald M ^b   Racette, Paul ^b   Starr, Dave O ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE; Cloud radar; CloudSat; EarthCARE

Indexed keywords

ACE; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; CLOUD PROFILING RADARS; CLOUD RADAR; CLOUD STRUCTURE; CLOUDSAT; CLOUDSAT MISSION; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; EARTHCARE; GLOBAL TIME; SPACE-BORNE; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS;

CLOUDS; TIME SERIES;

RADAR;

EID: 69949085805     PISSN: 10975659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2009.4977116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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