Rainfall retrieval from ground-based multichannel microwave radiometers

Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Earth's Surface and Atmosphere

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 397-405

  Marzano, Frank S ^a   Fionda, Ermanno ^b   Ciotti, Piero ^a   Martellucci, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781003421603-50     Document Type: Chapter

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