Estimating 13.8-GHz path-integrated attenuation from 10.7-GHz brightness temperatures for the TRMM combined PR-TMI precipitation algorithm

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 365-388

  Smith, Eric A ^a   Turk, F Joseph ^b   Farrar, Michael R ^a   Mugnai, Alberto ^c   Xiang, Xuwu ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION; RADAR; RAINFALL MEASUREMENT; TRMM;

EID: 0031460089     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0365:EGPIAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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