Towards the improvement of cloud microphysical retrievals using simultaneous Doppler and polarimetric radar measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2163-2178

  Dufournet, Y ^a   Russchenberg, H W J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FILTER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLARIZATION; RADAR;

EID: 84857699306     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-2163-2011     Document Type: Article

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