The microwave radiative properties of falling snow derived from nonspherical ice particle models. Part II: Initial testing using radar, radiometer and in situ observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 709-722

  Olson, William S ^a   Tian, Lin ^b   Grecu, Mircea ^a   Kuo, Kwo Sen ^c   Johnson, Benjamin T ^a,f   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^d   Bansemer, Aaron ^d   Heymsfield, Gerald M ^e   Wang, James R ^e   Meneghini, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Ice particles; Microwave observations; Radars Radar observations; Radiances; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MILLIMETER WAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; ICE PARTICLES; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADIANCES;

ICE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALGORITHM; ICE CRYSTAL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW;

EID: 84961639106     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0131.1     Document Type: Article

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