Signatures of hydrometeor species from airborne passive microwave data for frequencies 10-183 GHz

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1313-1334

  Leppert, Kenneth D ^a   Cecil, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective storms; Hail; Precipitation; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; LIQUIDS; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

CONVECTIVE STORMS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; MILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGING RADIOMETERS; NEAR SURFACE PRECIPITATION; PASSIVE MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; PASSIVE MICROWAVE DATA; PRECIPITATION RADIOMETER; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HAIL; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; THUNDERSTORM;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944069548     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0145.1     Document Type: Article

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