Satellite retrieval of tropical precipitation using combined International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project DX and SSM/I data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 21291-21301

  Sheu, Rong Shyang ^a,b   Curry, Judith A ^a   Liu, Guosheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TOP; INFRARED; ISCCP; MICROWAVE OBSERVATION; PRECIPITATION; PROJECT DX; RAINFALL RATE; SSM/I; TROPICS;

EID: 0030437265     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01771     Document Type: Article

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