Millimeter-Wavelength: RADARS New Frontier in Atmospheric Cloud and Precipitation Research

Kollias, P., E.E. Clothiaux, M.A. Miller, B.A. Albrecht, G.L. Stephens, and T.P. Ackerman (2007), Millimeter-Wavelength: RADARS New Frontier in Atmospheric Cloud and Precipitation Research, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1608-1624.
Abstract

Millimeter-wavelength radars bridge an observational gap in Earth’s hydrological cycle by adequately detecting clouds and precipitation, thus offering a unique and more holistic view of the water cycle in action.

Mission
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