Inference of rain rate profile and path‐integrated rain rate by an airborne microwave rain scatterometer

Radio Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 631-642

  Fujita, Masaharu ^a   Okamoto, Ken'ichi ^a   Yoshikado, Shin ^a   Nakamura, Kenji ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY - ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; RADAR - METEOROLOGICAL;

DUAL-FREQUENCY ALGORITHM; INFERENCE OF RAIN RATE PROFILE; MICROWAVE RAIN SCATTEROMETER;

RAIN AND RAINFALL;

EID: 0022059367     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: 1944799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/RS020i003p00631     Document Type: Article

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