Articles | Volume 5, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-5-2361-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-5-2361-2012
Research article
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08 Oct 2012
Research article |  | 08 Oct 2012

Remote sensing of ice crystal asymmetry parameter using multi-directional polarization measurements – Part 1: Methodology and evaluation with simulated measurements

B. van Diedenhoven, B. Cairns, I. V. Geogdzhayev, A. M. Fridlind, A. S. Ackerman, P. Yang, and B. A. Baum

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