Observation of snowfall with a low-power FM-CW K-band radar (Micro Rain Radar)

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-87

  Kneifel, Stefan ^a   Maahn, Maximilian ^b,c   Peters, Gerhard ^d   Simmer, Clemens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d Meteorologische Messtechnik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLEAR SKY; DOPPLER RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WIND;

EID: 79959248237     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-011-0142-z     Document Type: Article

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