Observations of ice crystal habits with a scanning polarimetric W-band radar at slant linear depolarization ratio mode

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 989-1008

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a   Mace, Gerald G ^b   Marchand, Roger ^c   Shupe, Matthew D ^a   Hallar, Anna G ^d,e   Mccubbin, Ian B ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Storm Peak Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; In situ atmospheric observations; Precipitation; Radars Radar observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; BULK DENSITY; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CROSS-COUPLINGS; DOMINANT SPECIES; ELEVATION ANGLE; ICE CRYSTALS; LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIOS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICROPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS; PARTICLE MIXTURES; STORM PEAK LABORATORY; T-MATRIX; VIEWING ANGLE; W-BAND RADAR; WINTER SEASONS;

ASPECT RATIO; CLOUDS; DEPOLARIZATION; ICE; POLARIMETERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; SHIPS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

BULK DENSITY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; ICE CRYSTAL; MATRIX; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RADAR; ZENITH ANGLE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867025180     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00131.1     Document Type: Article

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