An intercomparison of radar-based liquid cloud microphysics retrievals and implications for model evaluation studies

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1409-1424

  Huang, D ^a   Zhao, C ^b   Dunn, M ^a   Dong, X ^c   MacE, G G ^d   Jensen, M P ^a   Xie, S ^b   Liu, Y ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DROPLET; MODEL VALIDATION; PROBABILITY; RADAR; RADIATION BUDGET; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUPERCOOLING;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84863305987     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1409-2012     Document Type: Article

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