Microwave radiometric technique to retrieve vapor, liquid and ice: part ii-joint studies of Radiometer and Radar in Winter Clouds

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-247

  Vivekanandan, J ^a,b   Li, Li ^a   Tsang, Leung ^a   Chan, Chi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

INVERSE SCATTERING METHODS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; WINTER CLOUDS;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0031098164     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.563261     Document Type: Article

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