Information content on hydrometeors from millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths

Camille Birman; Jean-François Mahfouf; Mathias Milz; Jana Mendrok; Stefan A. Buehler; Manfred Brath

doi:10.1080/16000870.2016.1271562

Information content on hydrometeors from millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths

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By: Camille Birman, Jean-François Mahfouf, Mathias Milz, Jana Mendrok, Stefan A. Buehler and Manfred Brath

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Submitted on: Apr 27, 2016

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Keywords:

Information content,

clouds,

precipitation,

microwave radiation

© 2017 Camille Birman, Jean-François Mahfouf, Mathias Milz, Jana Mendrok, Stefan A. Buehler, Manfred Brath, published by Stockholm University Press
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