Precipitation water path and rainfall rate estimates over oceans using special sensor microwave imager and International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 9359-9374

  Lin, Bing ^a,c   Rossow, William B ^b  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; ISCCP; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; RAINFALL RATE; SATELLITE SENSING; SSM/I;

EID: 0030823537     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd03987     Document Type: Article

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