Automated retrievals of precipitation parameters using non-Rayleigh scattering at 95 GHz

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1490-1503

  Giangrande, Scott E ^a,b   Luke, Edward P ^b   Kollias, Pavlos ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MOTION; DATA SETS; DIFFERENTIAL TERMINALS; DOPPLER SPECTRA; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; EXPONENTIAL FORM; FINE-SCALE STRUCTURES; MELTING LAYERS; MIDLATITUDES; OKLAHOMA; PROFILING RADAR; RAINFALL RATES; RAYLEIGH; RMS ERRORS; SLOPE PARAMETER; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE DISDROMETER; WIND SHEARS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; DROPS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

RAIN;

DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77957730691     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1343.1     Document Type: Article

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