Separating cloud and drizzle radar moments during precipitation onset using doppler spectra

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1656-1671

  Luke, Edward P ^a   Kollias, Pavlos ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; DOPPLER SPECTRA; EDDY DISSIPATION RATE; MOBILE FACILITY; MODEL PARAMETERIZATION; NATURAL BOUNDARY; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; TURBULENCE PARAMETERS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADAR; SEPARATION; SOFTWARE TESTING; TURBULENCE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; DOPPLER RADAR; DRIZZLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRUM; TURBULENCE;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84882639631     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00195.1     Document Type: Article

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