BASTA: A 95-GHz FMCW Doppler radar for cloud and fog studies

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1023-1038

  Delanoë, Julien ^a   Protat, Alain ^b   Vinson, Jean Paul ^a   Brett, Williams ^a   Caudoux, Christophe ^a   Bertrand, Fabrice ^a   du Chatelet, Jacques Parent ^a,c   Hallali, Ruben ^a,c   Barthes, Laurent ^a   Haeffelin, Martial ^d   Dupont, Jean Charles ^d  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysics; Cloud retrieval; Clouds; Ice crystals; Ice particles; Observational techniques and algorithms; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Radars Radar observations

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; FOG; FREQUENCY MODULATION; ICE; RADAR SYSTEMS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RETRIEVAL; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE PARTICLES; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DOPPLER RADAR; FOG; ICE CRYSTAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84984689015     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0104.1     Document Type: Article

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