Understanding three-dimensional effects in polarized observations with the ground-based ADMIRARI radiometer during the CHUVA campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Battaglia, Alessandro ^a   Saavedra, Pablo ^b   Morales, Carlos Augusto ^c   Simmer, Clemens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; LUMINANCE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD PROCESS; CLOUD-RESOLVING; DOWN-WELLING; ELEVATION ANGLE; GEOMETRIC EFFECTS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; GROUND BASED; GROUND VALIDATIONS; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; MICROWAVE RADIATIONS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; POLARIZATION SIGNALS; POSITIVE VALUE; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER PROCESS; SCATTERING EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) EFFECTS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79957494843     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015335     Document Type: Article

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