Observing ice clouds with a Doppler cloud radar

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-103

  Plana Fattori, Artemio ^a   Protat, Alain ^a,b   Delanoë, Julien ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Clouds; Doppler radar; Ice particles; Meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749264425     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2009.11.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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