Unusually high differential attenuation at C band: Results from a two-year analysis of the French trappes polarimetric radar data

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2037-2053

  Tabary, Pierre ^a   Vulpiani, Gianfranco ^a   Gourley, Jonathan J ^b   Illingworth, Anthony J ^c   Thompson, Robert J ^c   Bousquet, Olivier ^d  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DROPS; ICE; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; RAIN; REFLECTION;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENTIAL ATTENUATION; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; SPECIFIC ATTENUATION; SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

HAIL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINBAND; RAINDROP; REFLECTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 77649099087     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2039.1     Document Type: Article

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