A study on the feasibility of dual-wavelength radar for identification of hydrometeor phases

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 449-456

  Liao, Liang ^a   Meneghini, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud water phase; Precipitation; Radars radar observations; Remote sensing; Snow

Indexed keywords

COLD SEASON; DIFFERENTIAL FREQUENCY; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; KA BAND; KU BAND; LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIOS; MARSHALL-PALMER; MINIMUM DETECTABLE LEVEL; MIXED PHASE; MODEL SIMULATION; PHASE PARTICLES; PHASE STATE; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RADAR REFLECTIVITY FACTOR; RADAR SIGNATURE; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SCANNING RADIOMETER; SIMULATED RESULTS; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; WAKASA BAY;

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW;

RAIN;

AIRBORNE SENSING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 79953188393     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2499.1     Document Type: Article

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