Ice clouds microphysical retrieval using 94-GHz Doppler radar observations: Basic relations within the retrieval framework

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Szyrmer, Wanda ^a   Tatarevic, Aleksandra ^a   Kollias, Pavlos ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; FORWARD SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CLOUD RADAR; DOPPLER; DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATION; DOPPLER VELOCITY; FORWARD MODELS; FREE PARAMETERS; HIGH-QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; ICE CLOUD PROPERTIES; ICE CLOUDS; ICE PARTICLES; ICE WATER CONTENT; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MOMENT NORMALIZATION; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RETRIEVAL FRAMEWORKS; SPACE-BASED SENSORS; VELOCITY CALCULATIONS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DOPPLER RADAR; FORWARD MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POWER LAW; SENSOR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84864577744     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011jd016675     Document Type: Article

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