Feasibility of using radar differential Doppler velocity and dual-frequency ratio for sizing particles in thick ice clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; ICE; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL DOPPLER; DUAL FREQUENCY; GROUND BASED; ICE CLOUDS; ICE PARTICLES; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE POPULATION; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; RADAR BEAM; RADAR CALIBRATION; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; RETRIEVAL ERRORS; RETRIEVAL UNCERTAINTY; SIZE PARAMETERS; SIZING PARTICLES; SLOPE PARAMETER; SUPERCOOLED WATER;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGGREGATE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; ICE; NOISE; PARTICLE SIZE; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; SUPERCOOLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052723927     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015857     Document Type: Article

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