On the use of spectral polarimetry to observe ice cloud microphysics with radar

Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 285-312

  Russchenberg, Herman ^a   Spek, Lennert ^a   Moisseev, Dmitri ^b   Unal, Christine ^a   Dufournet, Yann ^a   Venkatachalam, Chandrasekhar ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 77749278836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77655-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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