Rainfall over oceans: Remote sensing from satellite microwave radiometers

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2-4, 1992, Pages 177-199

  Prabhakara, C ^a   Dalu, G ^b   Suhasini, R ^a   Nucciarone, J J ^c   Liberti, G L ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera   (Italy)

^c HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; RAINFALL; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0027071433     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01025616     Document Type: Article

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