Multiple scattering identification in spaceborne W-band radar measurements of deep convective cores

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Battaglia, A ^a   Augustynek, T ^a   Tanelli, S ^b   Kollias, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINS; CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE MOTIONS; DATA SETS; DEEP CONVECTION; DOPPLER; EARTHCARE; EXPLORER MISSIONS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FREEZING LEVELS; GLOBAL DATA; MULTIPLE SCATTERING EFFECT; PARTICLE SEDIMENTATION; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RANGE BINS; RANGE GATES; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; SINGLE SCATTERING; SPACE-BORNE; SPACEBORNE DOPPLER RADAR; SPACEBORNE RADAR; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; UPPER LIMITS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUDSAT; DATA SET; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE MISSION; SCATTERING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SIR;

EID: 80053604914     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016142     Document Type: Article

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