Atmospheric thickness and vertical structure properties in wintertime precipitation events from microwave radiometer, radiosonde and wind profiler observations

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 599-609

  Kim, Dong Kyun ^a   Lee, Dong In ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atmospheric thickness; Microwave radiometer; Thermodynamics; Vertical structure; Wind profiler

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES; THERMODYNAMICS;

LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOUR; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WIND PROFILER;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

DOPPLER RADAR; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOSONDE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND PROFILE; WINTER;

EID: 84936985822     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1494     Document Type: Article

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