The Identification and Evaluation of Moderate to Heavy Precipitation Areas Using IR and SSM/I Satellite Imagery over the Mediterranean Region for the STORM Project

Remote Sensing Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 119-149

  Barrett, E C ^a   Cheng, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EVALUATION; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MONITORING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FLASH FLOOD FORECASTING; HIERARCHICAL OBJECTIVE PROCEDURE TECHNIQUE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; WESTERN EUROPE;

INFRARED IMAGING;

FLOOD FORECASTING; HIERARCHICAL OBJECTIVE PROCEDURE; INFRARED; METEOSAT; MONITORING; PRECIPITATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SSM/I; STORM; THUNDERSTORM;

EUROPE, (WEST); MEDITERRANEAN;

EID: 0030440808     PISSN: 02757257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757259609532315     Document Type: Article

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