Comparison of Cloud Top Height Observed by a Ka-band Cloud Radar and COMS |
Oh, Su-Bin
(Forecast Research Laboratory, National Institute of Meteorological Research, KMA)
Won, Hye Young (Forecast Research Laboratory, National Institute of Meteorological Research, KMA) Ha, Jong-Chul (Forecast Research Laboratory, National Institute of Meteorological Research, KMA) Chung, Kwan-Young (Forecast Research Laboratory, National Institute of Meteorological Research, KMA) |
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