Microphysical retrievals over stratiform rain using measurements from an airborne dual-wavelength radar-radiometer

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 487-506

  Meneghini, Robert ^a   Kumagai, Hiroshi ^a   Wang, James R ^a   Iguchi, Toshio ^a   Kozu, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; RAIN;

AIRBORNE DUAL WAVELENGTH RADAR RADIOMETER SYSTEMS; RAIN DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION (DSD); STORM MODELS; TROPICAL RAIN MEASURING MISSION (TRMM) MICROWAVE IMAGERS (TMI);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031142279     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.581956     Document Type: Article

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