A robust C-band hydrometeor identification algorithm and application to a long-term polarimetric radar dataset

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2162-2186

  Dolan, Brenda ^a   Rutledge, Steven A ^a   Lim, S ^b   Chandrasekar, V ^a   Thurai, M ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNATURES; EVAPORATIVE PROCESS; IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS; SCATTERING SIMULATIONS; SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MELTING; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; RAIN; REFLECTION; SNOW;

ICE;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; HAIL; MELTING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINDROP; SNOW;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84884226559     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0275.1     Document Type: Article

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