PARSIVEL snow observations: A critical assessment

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-344

  Battaglia, Alessandro ^a   Rustemeier, Elke ^a   Tokay, Ali ^b,c   Blahak, Ulrich ^d   Simmer, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LIDARS; BORDER EFFECTS; CALIPSO; CORRECTION FACTORS; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; DISDROMETERS; FALL VELOCITIES; LARGE PARTICLES; LONG LASTING; OUTPUT VARIABLES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SIZE DEPENDENT; SIZE PARAMETERS; SNOW PARTICLES; SNOW PROPERTIES; SOLID PRECIPITATION;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VIDEODISKS;

SNOW;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; LASER METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952522874     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1332.1     Document Type: Article

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