calculates backscatter cross section of wet snow or graupel using Maxwell-Garnett mixing formula and Rayleigh approximation
original credit: Ulrich Blahak and G. Thompson
| Type | Intent | Optional | Attributes | Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| real(kind=dp), | intent(in) | :: | x_g | |||
| real(kind=dp), | intent(in) | :: | a_geo | |||
| real(kind=dp), | intent(in) | :: | b_geo | |||
| real(kind=dp), | intent(in) | :: | fmelt | |||
| real(kind=dp), | intent(in) | :: | lambda_radar | |||
| real(kind=dp), | intent(in) | :: | meltratio_outside | |||
| complex(kind=dp), | intent(in) | :: | m_w | |||
| complex(kind=dp), | intent(in) | :: | m_i | |||
| real(kind=dp), | intent(out) | :: | backscatter |