A synergy approach to estimate properties of raindrop size distributions using a doppler lidar and cloud radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1095-1100

  Träumner, Katja ^a   Handwerker, Jan ^a   Wieser, Andreas ^a   Grenzhäuser, Jens ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Lidar observations; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

AIR MOTION; ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTION; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; CLOUD RADAR; DOPPLER LIDARS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; FALL VELOCITIES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR OBSERVATION; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RAYLEIGH APPROXIMATION; REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM; SCATTERING REGIME; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

DOPPLER EFFECT; DROPS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER LIDAR; DOPPLER RADAR; ESTIMATION METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; RAINDROP; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 77955533582     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1377.1     Document Type: Article

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