Polarimetric radar observation operator for a cloud model with spectral microphysics

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 873-894

  Ryzhkov, A ^a,b   Pinsky, M ^c   Pokrovsky, A ^c   Khain, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving models; Radar observations; Spectral models

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MODELS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM; MICROWAVE BANDS; OKLAHOMA; POLARIMETRIC RADAR OBSERVATION; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SPECTRAL MICROPHYSICS; SPECTRAL MODELS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PHYSICS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; STORMS;

RADAR;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HAIL; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958762409     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2363.1     Document Type: Article

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