Attenuation and differential attenuation of 5-cm-wavelength radiation in melting hail

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-76

  Borowska, L ^a   Ryzhkov, A ^b   Zrnic D ^c   Simmer, C ^a   Palmer, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hail; Radar observation

Indexed keywords

C-BANDS; COMPARISON WITH MEASUREMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL ATTENUATION; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; HAIL; OKLAHOMA; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; POLARIMETRIC VARIABLE; PRECIPITATION FORMATION; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RADAR OBSERVATION; SPECIFIC ATTENUATION; TWO WAVELENGTH; WAVELENGTH RADIATION;

MELTING; RADAR; REFLECTION; WAVEMETERS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ESTIMATION METHOD; HAIL; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR; WAVELENGTH;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951607413     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2465.1     Document Type: Article

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