Characterization of precipitating clouds by ground-based measurements with the triple-frequency polarized Microwave Radiometer ADMIRARI

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 394-414

  Battaglia, Alessandro ^a   Saavedra, Pablo ^a   Rose, Thomas ^b   Simmer, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Radiometer Physics GmbH (RPG)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D EFFECTS; AEROSOL CLOUDS; AXIAL RATIO; BAYESIAN RETRIEVAL; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; CLOUD WATER; CUMULUS ENSEMBLE MODEL; DOWN-WELLING; DUAL-POLARIZED; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED PROJECT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MIDLATITUDES; MULTIFREQUENCY SIGNALS; MULTIWAVELENGTH; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; PARAMETERIZATIONS; POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; PRIOR PROBABILITY; RADIATIVE SIGNATURE; RAIN RADAR; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RAINY CONDITIONS; RAYLEIGH; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; STATE REALIZATIONS; THREE CHANNEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VERTICAL POLARIZATION;

AIR QUALITY; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER VAPOR;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PARAMETERIZATION; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77953511851     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2340.1     Document Type: Article

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