Investigating a SSM/I microwave algorithm to calibrate Meteosat infrared instantaneous rain rate estimates

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-17

  Levizzani, V ^a   Porcu F ^a   Marzano, F S ^b   Mugnai, A ^a   Smith, E A ^c   Prodi, F ^a,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINANCE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; HIGH-FREQUENCY SAMPLING; INFRA-RED RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS; PRECIPITATION MICROPHYSICS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; INSTRUMENTATION; METEOSAT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SENSOR;

EID: 0002914313     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.5060030102     Document Type: Article

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