On the use of radar depolarization ratios for estimating shapes of ice hydrometeors in winter clouds

An approach is suggested to relate measurements of radar depolarization ratios and aspect ratios of predominant hydrometeors in nonprecipitating and weakly precipitating layers of winter clouds. The trends of elevation angle dependencies of depolarization ratios are first used to distinguish between...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied meteorology and climatology 2001-03, Vol.40 (3), p.479
Hauptverfasser: Matrosov, Sergey Y, Reinking, Roger F, Kropfli, Robert A, Martner, Brooks E, Bartram, B W
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Zusammenfassung:An approach is suggested to relate measurements of radar depolarization ratios and aspect ratios of predominant hydrometeors in nonprecipitating and weakly precipitating layers of winter clouds. The trends of elevation angle dependencies of depolarization ratios are first used to distinguish between columnar-type and plate-type particles.
ISSN:1558-8424
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