First observations of tracking clouds using scanning ARM cloud radars

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2732-2746

  Borque, Paloma ^a   Kollias, Pavlos ^a   Giangrande, Scott ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud tracking cloud motion winds; Radars Radar observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; LIFE CYCLE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; SCANNING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CLOUD TRACKING; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RANGE-HEIGHT INDICATORS; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALGORITHM; CLOUD; CUMULUS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; TRACKING;

EID: 84925616194     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0182.1     Document Type: Article

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