Investigations of backscatter differential phase in the melting layer

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2344-2359

  Trömel, Silke ^a   Ryzhkov, Alexander V ^b,c   Zhang, Pengfei ^b,c   Simmer, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysics; Precipitation; Radars Radar observations; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; MELTING LAYERS; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

BACKSCATTER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY; REFLECTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907936360     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0050.1     Document Type: Article

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