DocumentCode
2103358
Title
On the combination of active and passive measurements in the study of clouds and precipitation
Author
Stephens, G.L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Atmos. Sci., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
694
Abstract
Presents an approach that combines millimetric radar measurements and radiometer measurements for deriving the water contents of clouds and precipitation and does so within the context of the CloudSat satellite mission
Keywords
atmospheric precipitation; clouds; meteorological radar; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; 94 GHz; CloudSat; active measurements; clouds; millimetric radar measurements; passive measurements; precipitation information; radiometer measurements; satellite mission; water contents; Clouds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Ice; Planets; Radar measurements; Radiometry; Reflectivity; Satellite broadcasting; Spaceborne radar; Water;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7031-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976605
Filename
976605
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